Phragmites

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q1976487
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Summary

Phragmites is a taxon[1]. Phragmites ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,764 views/month, #1,401 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Arundineae[4]
  • Taxon name: Phragmites[5]
  • Commons category: Phragmites[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Phragmites[7]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(2)[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=9280[12]
  • Taxon common name: reed[13], 芦苇属[14]

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Identifiers

Phragmites's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 64276[15]. Phragmites's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 15745[16]. Phragmites's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 108094[17]. Phragmites's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2705783[18]. Phragmites's ITIS TSN is recorded as 41071[19].

Why It Matters

Phragmites has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Phragmites is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Australian Plant Name Index. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(2). wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 8w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Apni id → 84519
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Apni id: 446469, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269298|batch #269298]]"
  2. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → phragmites
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: phragmites, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950032|phragmites (#289950032)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Phragmites
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(2), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 11626, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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