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Oenothera biennis

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q157353
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Summary

Oenothera biennis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,352 views/month, #1,192 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Oenothera[4]
  • Taxon name: Oenothera biennis[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], fiber[8], vegetable[9]
  • Commons category: Oenothera biennis[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Oenothera biennis[11]
  • Commons gallery: Oenothera biennis[12]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 53(2)[14], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Ботанический словарь[16]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=25521[17]
  • This taxon is source of: Evening primrose oil[18], evening primrose seed[19]
  • Short name: O. biennis[20]
  • Taxon common name: melyn yr hwyr[21], common evening primrose[22], أخدرية محولة[23], Асліннік двухгадовы[24], Bella de nit[25], pupalka dvouletá[26], Gemeine Nachtkerze[27], Common Evening-primrose[28], Onagra común[29], Kaheaastane kuningakepp[30], پامچال شب[31], Onagre bisannuelle[32], Noćurak[33], Wulkokwětna rěpnica[34]

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Identifiers

Oenothera biennis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3942[35]. Oenothera biennis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 582933[36]. Oenothera biennis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3188924[37]. Oenothera biennis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27368[38].

Why It Matters

Oenothera biennis has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China Tianjin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → oenothera-biennis
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Nzpcn id, update to ids following formatter url change ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/103607c2e7a|details]])"
  2. 6w ago · Mcampany-emco · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → sh85045966, sh85094141
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51412|batch #51412]]: adding deprecated identifier qualifier"
  3. 9w ago · KaterynaVa · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Garden plant finder id → Oenothera-biennis
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Garden plant finder id: Oenothera-biennis, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/287888100|Oenothera biennis (#287888100)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5949|"
  4. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → evening-primrose
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: evening-primrose, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289927370|evening primrose (#289927370)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  5. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1kYfj4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 16w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → melyn yr hwyr, common evening primrose, أخدرية محولة +35
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: dvoletni svetlin"
  7. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007560300205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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