Rubia

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q162108
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Rubia

Summary

Rubia is a taxon[1]. Rubia ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (268 views/month, #1,519 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rubia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Rubia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Rubia is classified within Rubiaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Rubia is Rubia[6].
  • Rubia's Commons category is recorded as Rubia[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Rubia is Rubia tinctorum[8].
  • Rubia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rubia[9].
  • Rubia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10].
  • Rubia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 71(2)[11].
  • Rubia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Rubia's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Rubia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=10572[14].
  • Rubia's this taxon is source of is recorded as madder[15].
  • Rubia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'rubia'}[16].
  • Rubia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'アカネ属'}[17].
  • Rubia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '茜草属'}[18].
  • Rubia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '茜草属'}[19].
  • Rubia is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'brošč'}[20].
  • Rubia's has fruit type is recorded as berry[21].

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Classification

Rubia's scientific name is Rubia[6]. Rubia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Rubia is classified within Rubiaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Rubia is Rubia tinctorum[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'rubia'}[16], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'アカネ属'}[17], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '茜草属'}[18], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '茜草属'}[19], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'brošč'}[20].

Identifiers

Rubia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 82852[22]. Rubia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 25473[23]. Rubia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 29700[24]. Rubia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2892184[25]. Rubia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 35144[26].

Why It Matters

Rubia ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (268 views/month, #1,519 of 195,241).[2] Rubia has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Rubia is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [26] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [25] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 71(2). wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Rubiaceae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Has fruit type berry
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