peanut

legume cultivated for use of the underground seedpods as a grain crop, and also processed as peanut oil
Taxon taxon Q37383
peanut
Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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peanut

Summary

peanut is a taxon[1]. peanut ranks in the top 0.088% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,405 views/month, #172 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • peanut's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • peanut's instance of is recorded as allergen[4].
  • peanut is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • peanut is classified within Arachis[6].
  • peanut's scientific name is Arachis hypogaea[7].
  • peanut is a type of useful plant[8].
  • peanut is a type of annual plant[9].
  • peanut is used for fodder[10].
  • peanut is used for medicinal plant[11].
  • peanut is used for vegetable[12].
  • peanut is used for food paste[13].
  • peanut's Commons category is recorded as Arachis hypogaea[14].
  • peanut's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Arachis hypogaea[15].
  • peanut's Commons gallery is recorded as Arachis hypogaea[16].
  • peanut's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[17].
  • peanut's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[18].
  • peanut's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[19].
  • peanut's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 41[20].
  • peanut's described by source is recorded as Flora partis europaeae URSS[21].
  • peanut's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • peanut's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[23].
  • peanut's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[24].
  • peanut's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[25].
  • peanut's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].
  • peanut's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, peanut is Arachis hypogaea[7]. peanut is classified at the rank of species[5]. peanut belongs to the parent taxon Arachis[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'peanut'}[28], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '落花生'}[29], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '長生果'}[30], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '土豆'}[31], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'satomaapähkinä'}[32], and {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'orzacha podziemna'}[33].

Identifiers

peanut's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3818[34]. peanut's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 641309[35]. peanut's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5353770[36]. peanut's ITIS TSN is recorded as 26463[37].

Discovery and Description

Things named for peanut include Peanut Hole[38], a sea area[39], in Russia[40].

Why It Matters

peanut ranks in the top 0.088% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,405 views/month, #172 of 195,241).[2] peanut has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] peanut is known by 127 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for peanut include Peanut Hole[38], a sea area[39], in Russia[40].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [34] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [35] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [36] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] . 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. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Described by source Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao, Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 41, Flora partis europaeae URSS +8
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    Parent taxon Arachis
    Instance of taxon, allergen
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