Vaccinium vitis-idaea

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q93235
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
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Summary

Vaccinium vitis-idaea is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.47% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,098 views/month, #909 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Vaccinium[5]
  • Taxon name: Vaccinium vitis-idaea[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], food[8]
  • Commons category: Vaccinium vitis-idaea[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vaccinium vitis-idaea[10]
  • Commons gallery: Vaccinium vitis-idaea[11]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 57(3)[13], Ботанический словарь[14]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=41069[15]
  • This taxon is source of: lingonberry[16], smell of lingonberry[17]
  • Short name: V. vitis-idaea[18]
  • Taxon common name: Preiselbeere[19], Cowberry[20], Rode bosbes[21], Lingonberry[22], brusnice brusinka[23], airelle rouge[24], taigapuolukka[25], コケモモ[26], ヒロハコケモモ[27], オオバコケモモ[28], kiitmik[29], 越橘[30], 温普[31], 红豆[32]

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Identifiers

Vaccinium vitis-idaea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 180772[33]. Vaccinium vitis-idaea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 484410[34]. Vaccinium vitis-idaea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2882835[35]. Vaccinium vitis-idaea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 505637[36].

Why It Matters

Vaccinium vitis-idaea has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 126 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Nálezová databáze ochrany přírody. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . BG Plants: Japanese name–scientific name index (YList). Retrieved . ylist.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . BG Plants: Japanese name–scientific name index (YList). Retrieved . ylist.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . BG Plants: Japanese name–scientific name index (YList). Retrieved . ylist.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . saintlawrenceislandyupik.github.io. Retrieved . saintlawrenceislandyupik.github.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). 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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