Sesbania grandiflora

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q947251
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Summary

Sesbania grandiflora is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (864 views/month, #1,471 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Sesbania[4]
  • Taxon name: Sesbania grandiflora[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], vegetable[8], food[9], fiber[10]
  • Commons category: Sesbania grandiflora[11]
  • Has basionym: Robinia grandiflora[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sesbania grandiflora[13]
  • Commons gallery: Sesbania grandiflora[14]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[15]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 40[16]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=33770[17]
  • Short name: S. grandiflora[18]
  • Taxon common name: vegetable hummingbird[19], 大花田菁[20], 木田菁[21], 红蝴蝶[22], 落皆[23], 向天蜈蚣[24], அகத்தி[25], பேரகத்தி[26]
  • Invasive to: People's Republic of China[27]
  • Taxon author citation: (L.) Pers.[28]
  • Taxon range: Fujian[29], Guangdong[30], Myanmar[31]

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Identifiers

Sesbania grandiflora's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 168863[32]. Sesbania grandiflora's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 206309[33]. Sesbania grandiflora's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 641744[34]. Sesbania grandiflora's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2970672[35]. Sesbania grandiflora's ITIS TSN is recorded as 26953[36].

Why It Matters

Sesbania grandiflora has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . perennialagriculture.institute. perennialagriculture.institute. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. perennialagriculture.institute. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [33] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [34] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Tamiḻnāṭṭu mūlikaikaḷ aṟiviyal āyvukaḷ Vol – 1. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Tamiḻnāṭṭu mūlikaikaḷ aṟiviyal āyvukaḷ Vol – 1. wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . The categorization and analysis on the geographic distribution patterns of Chinese alien invasive plants. wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has basionym → Robinia grandiflora
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Sesbania
    Apni id → 59703
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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