Pistacia lentiscus

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q159812
Pistacia lentiscus
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Summary

Pistacia lentiscus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,957 views/month, #1,167 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Pistacia[5]
  • Taxon name: Pistacia lentiscus[6]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[7]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[8]
  • Commons category: Pistacia lentiscus[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pistacia lentiscus[10]
  • Commons gallery: Pistacia lentiscus[11]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28647[13]
  • This taxon is source of: mastic[14]
  • Short name: P. lentiscus[15]
  • Taxon common name: mastic tree[16], Мастиково дърво[17], řečík lentišek[18], Mastixstrauch[19], Σκίνος[20], entina[21], lentisco[22], mata charneca[23], Mastiksipistaasi[24], Mastiekboom[25], Mastika[26], Sakız ağacı[27], Lentisk[28], 乳香黄连木[29]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[30]

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Identifiers

Pistacia lentiscus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 82600[31]. Pistacia lentiscus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 371726[32]. Pistacia lentiscus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 595291[33]. Pistacia lentiscus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3190583[34]. Pistacia lentiscus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 506468[35].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Pistacia lentiscus include Mastichochoria Municipal Unit[36], a municipal unit of Greece[37], in Greece[38].

Why It Matters

Pistacia lentiscus has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for it include Mastichochoria Municipal Unit[36], a municipal unit of Greece[37], in Greece[38].

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] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [33] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [34] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . 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] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  32. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . 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. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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