Striga asiatica

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q2356249
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Striga asiatica

Summary

Striga asiatica is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month, #1,619 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Striga asiatica's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Striga asiatica is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Striga asiatica belongs to the parent taxon Striga[5].
  • Striga asiatica's scientific name is Striga asiatica[6].
  • Striga asiatica is used for medicinal plant[7].
  • Striga asiatica's Commons category is recorded as Striga asiatica[8].
  • Striga asiatica's has basionym is recorded as Buchnera asiatica[9].
  • Striga asiatica's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(2)[10].
  • Striga asiatica's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=102305[11].
  • Striga asiatica's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. asiatica'}[12].
  • Striga asiatica is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asiatic witchweed'}[13].
  • Striga asiatica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '独脚金'}[14].
  • Striga asiatica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '矮脚子'}[15].
  • Striga asiatica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '干草'}[16].
  • Striga asiatica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '独脚金'}[17].
  • Striga asiatica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '独脚柑'}[18].
  • Striga asiatica's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[19].
  • Striga asiatica's taxon author citation is recorded as (L.) Kuntze[20].
  • Striga asiatica's taxon range is recorded as People's Republic of China[21].
  • Striga asiatica's taxon range is recorded as Fujian[22].
  • Striga asiatica's taxon range is recorded as Tibet Autonomous Region[23].
  • Striga asiatica's taxon range is recorded as Guangdong[24].

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Classification

Striga asiatica's scientific name is Striga asiatica[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Striga[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asiatic witchweed'}[13], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '独脚金'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '矮脚子'}[15], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '干草'}[16], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '独脚金'}[17], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '独脚柑'}[18].

Identifiers

Striga asiatica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 169410[25]. Striga asiatica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4170[26]. Striga asiatica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 484668[27]. Striga asiatica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3171161[28]. Striga asiatica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 505388[29].

Why It Matters

Striga asiatica ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month, #1,619 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [26] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [27] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [28] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(2). wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(2). wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . A checklist of wild vascular plants in Jiangxi Province, China. wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . A dataset on inventory and geographical distribution of vascular plants in Xizang, China. wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Described by source Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(2)
    Taxon rank species
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Has basionym Buchnera asiatica
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