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Portulaca oleracea

species of flowering plant
Taxon taxon Q158015
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Portulaca oleracea

Summary

Portulaca oleracea is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,131 views/month, #672 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Portulaca oleracea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Portulaca oleracea is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Portulaca oleracea's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Portulaca oleracea is classified within Portulaca[6].
  • Portulaca oleracea's scientific name is Portulaca oleracea[7].
  • Portulaca oleracea is a type of useful plant[8].
  • Portulaca oleracea is a type of annual plant[9].
  • Portulaca oleracea is a type of herbaceous plant[10].
  • Portulaca oleracea is used for vegetable[11].
  • Portulaca oleracea is used for brewing[12].
  • Portulaca oleracea is used for medicinal plant[13].
  • Portulaca oleracea is used for fodder[14].
  • Portulaca oleracea is used for insecticide[15].
  • Portulaca oleracea's Commons category is recorded as Portulaca oleracea[16].
  • Portulaca oleracea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Portulaca oleracea[17].
  • Portulaca oleracea's Commons gallery is recorded as Portulaca oleracea[18].
  • Portulaca oleracea's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345[19].
  • Portulaca oleracea's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[20].
  • Portulaca oleracea's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[21].
  • Portulaca oleracea's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[22].
  • Portulaca oleracea's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 26[23].
  • Portulaca oleracea's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[24].
  • Portulaca oleracea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=29453[25].
  • Portulaca oleracea's this taxon is source of is recorded as purslane herb[26].
  • Portulaca oleracea's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. oleracea'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Portulaca oleracea is Portulaca oleracea[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Portulaca[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gemüse-Portulak'}[28], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'little hogweed'}[29], {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'Varkkos'}[30], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'البقلة'}[31], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'الرجلة'}[32], and {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'بقلة حمقاء'}[33].

Identifiers

Portulaca oleracea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 46147[34]. Portulaca oleracea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 587111[35]. Portulaca oleracea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084719[36]. Portulaca oleracea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 20422[37].

Why It Matters

Portulaca oleracea ranks in the top 0.34% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,131 views/month, #672 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 134 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Species cataloging of vascular plants in Ningxia, northwestern China. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [34] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [37] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [35] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [36] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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