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Symphytum officinale

perennial species of plant
Taxon taxon Q157561
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Summary

Symphytum officinale is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,430 views/month, #1,024 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Symphytum[4]
  • Taxon name: Symphytum officinale[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7]
  • Commons category: Symphytum officinale[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Symphytum officinale[9]
  • Commons gallery: Symphytum officinale[10]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 64(2)[11], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[12]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=36020[13]
  • This taxon is source of: comfrey root[14]
  • Short name: S. officinale[15]
  • Taxon common name: cyfardwf[16], common comfrey[17], سمفوطن طبي[18], Dərman xəndəkotu[19], Symphitum officinale[20], Этҡолаҡ[21], Черен оман; Зарасличе[22], черен оман[23], Gavez[24], Consolda major[25], Consolda[26], Nualós[27], Orella d'ase[28], kostival lékařský[29]

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Identifiers

Symphytum officinale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 278672[30]. Symphytum officinale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 582578[31]. Symphytum officinale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7558421[32]. Symphytum officinale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 32027[33].

Why It Matters

Symphytum officinale has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → symphytum-officinale
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  2. 28d ago · StorchPDF · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14880 → 47299
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  3. 21w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Symphytum
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    This taxon is source of → comfrey root
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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