Mandragora officinarum

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q545550
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Summary

Mandragora officinarum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,717 views/month, #1,311 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Mandragora[4]
  • Taxon name: Mandragora officinarum[5]
  • Subclass of: poisonous plant[6]
  • Commons category: Mandragora officinarum[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mandragora officinarum[8]
  • Commons gallery: Mandragora officinarum[9]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[12]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=23342[13]
  • This taxon is source of: hyoscyamine[14]
  • Short name: M. officinarum[15]
  • Taxon common name: mandrake[16]
  • Has fruit type: berry[17]

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Identifiers

Mandragora officinarum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 357389[18]. Mandragora officinarum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 33117[19]. Mandragora officinarum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 486422[20]. Mandragora officinarum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5341748[21]. Mandragora officinarum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 505823[22].

Why It Matters

Mandragora officinarum has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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