Trapa natans

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q161110
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Trapa natans is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,550 views/month, #1,467 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Wasserpflanze des Jahres[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Trapa[6]
  • Taxon name: Trapa natans[7]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[8]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[9], fruit[10], food[11], brewing[12]
  • Commons category: Trapa natans[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Trapa natans[14]
  • Commons gallery: Trapa natans[15]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[16]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[17], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18]
  • Taxon synonym: Trapa acicularis[19], Trapa arcuata[20], Trapa astrachanica[21], Trapa europaea[22], Trapa flerovii[23], Trapa maleevii[24], Trapa manshurica[25], Trapa maximowiczii[26], Trapa quadrispinosa[27], Trapa rossica[28]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=36824[29]
  • Short name: T. natans[30]
  • Taxon common name: Gewöhnliche Wassernuss[31], water chestnut[32], Castanya d'aigua[33], kotvice plovoucí[34], Wassernuss[35], Jesuit's nut[36], Water caltrop[37], Vesipähkinä[38], Mâcre nageante[39], Wšědna kótwica[40], Castagna d'acqua[41], Tribolo acquatico[42], ヒシ[43], Plūduriuojantysis agaras[44]

Body

Identifiers

Trapa natans's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 22666[45]. Trapa natans's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 582969[46]. Trapa natans's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3188757[47]. Trapa natans's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27170[48].

Why It Matters

Trapa natans has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

FAQs

What awards did Trapa natans receive?

Honors received include Wasserpflanze des Jahres[3].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wasserpflanze-des-jahres.org. Retrieved . wasserpflanze-des-jahres.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [45] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [48] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [46] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [47] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. plantsoftheworldonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. plantsoftheworldonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. plantsoftheworldonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. plantsoftheworldonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. plantsoftheworldonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. plantsoftheworldonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. plantsoftheworldonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. plantsoftheworldonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. plantsoftheworldonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. plantsoftheworldonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Trapa natans. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/trapa-natans
MLA “Trapa natans.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 12 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/trapa-natans.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_trapa-natans_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Trapa natans}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/trapa-natans}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-12}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Trapa natans — https://4ort.xyz/entity/trapa-natans (retrieved 2026-10-12)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/trapa-natans · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1029588759
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ba', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs',
    Sitelink count → 50
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 24d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → trapa-natans
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Nzpcn id, update to ids following formatter url change ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/103607c2e7a|details]])"
  3. 15w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Regionally Extinct, Endangered status
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: Endangered status, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
  4. 21w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Status in the red list of threatened species in the czech republic → endangered
    Has fruit type → nucule
    Subclass of → useful plant
    Described by source → Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Adhibindo enlace a anwiki"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.