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plastid

membrane-bound DNA-containing organelle found in the cytoplasm of autotrophic eukaryotes (plants, some protists)
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Summary

plastid is a cellular component[1]. plastid ranks in the top 10% of cellular component entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,720 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: taxon[3]
  • Subclass of: intracellular membrane-bounded organelle[4], semiautonomous organelle[5]
  • Part of: cytoplasm[6]
  • Commons category: Plastids[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Plastids[8]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0009536[11]
  • Develops from: Cyanobacteriota[12]
  • Theorized by: Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper[13], Ernst Haeckel[14]

Why It Matters

plastid has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] plastid is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Ueber die Gestalten der Stärkebildner und Farbkörper. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Generelle Morphologie der Organismen. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . 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. 1d ago · Artoria2e5 · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → cellular component, taxon
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: taxon"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Develops from → Cyanobacteriota
    Instance of → cellular component, taxon
    Part of → cytoplasm
    Theorized by → Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper, Ernst Haeckel
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007555844305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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