Saccharum

genus of perennial grasses in the family Poaceae; includes cultivated sugarcanes used globally for sugar and ethanol
Taxon taxon Q17136949
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Summary

Saccharum is a taxon[1]. Saccharum ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (417 views/month, #1,592 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Saccharinae[4]
  • Taxon name: Saccharum[5]
  • Commons category: Saccharum[6]
  • Taxonomic type: Saccharum officinarum[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Saccharum[8]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(2)[9]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=10630[10]
  • Taxon common name: sugarcane[11], 甘蔗属[12]
  • Different from: sugarcane[13]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Plants[14]
  • P14607: 8W38L[15]

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Identifiers

Saccharum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 72338[16]. Saccharum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4546[17]. Saccharum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 108041[18]. Saccharum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2703910[19]. Saccharum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42054[20].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Saccharum include Massarah[21], a shiyakha[22], in Egypt[23].

Why It Matters

Saccharum has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Saccharum is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Entities named for Saccharum include Massarah[21], a shiyakha[22], in Egypt[23].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . International Plant Names Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(2). wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . iNaturalist. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . 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. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Treisijs · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Plants
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Plants"
  2. 18d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bjn', 'ca', 'cdo', 'ceb', 'cv', 'cy', 'da
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → —
    P14607 → 8W38L
    Banglapedia id (bengali) → —
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    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ Parent taxon: Saccharinae, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P356]]"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Saccharum
    Wellcome collection concept id → p2ejxnh7
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007551183905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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