Sinapis alba

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q146202
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Summary

Sinapis alba is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,946 views/month, #1,451 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Sinapis[4]
  • Taxon name: Sinapis alba[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6]
  • Has use: spice[7], medicinal plant[8]
  • Commons category: Sinapis alba[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sinapis alba[10]
  • Commons gallery: Sinapis alba[11]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[12]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 33[13]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=33963[14]
  • This taxon is source of: mustard seed[15]
  • Short name: S. alba[16]
  • Taxon common name: Weißer Senf[17], white mustard[18], Бял синап[19], ރީނދޫ ރެވި[20], yellow mustard[21], Mostaza blanca[22], Valge sinep[23], Moutarde blanche[24], Mostaza branca[25], Sesawi putih[26], シロガラシ[27], Baltoji garstyčia[28], Бел синап[29], gele mosterd[30]
  • Has fruit type: silique[31]

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Identifiers

Sinapis alba's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 79123[32]. Sinapis alba's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3728[33]. Sinapis alba's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 583812[34]. Sinapis alba's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3047621[35]. Sinapis alba's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23309[36].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Sinapis alba include sinalbin[37], a type of chemical entity[38].

Why It Matters

Sinapis alba has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for it include sinalbin[37], a type of chemical entity[38].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

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

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . 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. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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