Sassafras

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q131532
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Sassafras

Summary

Sassafras is a taxon[1]. Sassafras ranks in the top 0.34% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,846 views/month, #658 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sassafras's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sassafras is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Sassafras belongs to the parent taxon Lauraceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Sassafras is Sassafras[6].
  • Sassafras's Commons category is recorded as Sassafras[7].
  • Sassafras's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sassafras[8].
  • Sassafras's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 31[9].
  • Sassafras's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[10].
  • Sassafras's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[11].
  • Sassafras's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[12].
  • Sassafras's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=10768[13].
  • Sassafras is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sassafras'}[14].
  • Sassafras is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '檫木属'}[15].
  • Sassafras is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '檫木属'}[16].
  • Sassafras's different from is recorded as Sassafras albidum[17].
  • Sassafras's has fruit type is recorded as drupe[18].

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Classification

Sassafras's scientific name is Sassafras[6]. Sassafras is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Sassafras is classified within Lauraceae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sassafras'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '檫木属'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '檫木属'}[16].

Identifiers

Sassafras's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 54796[19]. Sassafras's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 46944[20]. Sassafras's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 72882[21]. Sassafras's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3034001[22]. Sassafras's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18157[23].

Why It Matters

Sassafras ranks in the top 0.34% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,846 views/month, #658 of 195,241).[2] Sassafras has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Sassafras is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . 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] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 31. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] . wikidata.org.

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. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Sassafras
    Has fruit type drupe
    Taxon rank genus
    Different from Sassafras albidum
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532154805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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