Myrica gale

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q161681
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Summary

Myrica gale is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,055 views/month, #1,477 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Myrica[5]
  • Taxon name: Myrica gale[6]
  • Has use: flavoring[7]
  • Commons category: Myrica gale[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Myrica gale[9]
  • Commons gallery: Myrica gale[10]
  • Described by source: The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=24842[13]
  • Short name: M. gale[14]
  • Taxon common name: Bog-myrtle[15], Moor-Gagel[16], sweetgale[17], Wilde gagel[18], piment royal[19], Gagel[20], sahasuomyrtti[21], 香杨梅[22], 甜香杨梅[23], lloréu de llamarga[24]
  • Has fruit type: drupe[25]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[26]

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Identifiers

Myrica gale's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 82203[27]. Myrica gale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 29739[28]. Myrica gale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 594875[29]. Myrica gale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5414202[30]. Myrica gale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19265[31].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Myrica gale include Porsgrunn[32], a municipality of Norway[33], in Norway[34], founded in 1838[35].

Why It Matters

Myrica gale has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for it include Porsgrunn[32], a municipality of Norway[33], in Norway[34], founded in 1838[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → flavoring
    Aliases → —
    Has fruit type → drupe
    Taxon rank → species
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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