Verbascum

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q57051
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Verbascum

Summary

Verbascum is a taxon[1]. Verbascum ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,474 views/month, #1,296 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Verbascum received the medicinal plant of the year[3].
  • Verbascum's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Verbascum is classified at the rank of genus[5].
  • Verbascum is classified within Scrophulariaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Verbascum is Verbascum[7].
  • Verbascum's Commons category is recorded as Verbascum[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Verbascum is Verbascum thapsus[9].
  • Verbascum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Verbascum[10].
  • Verbascum's Commons gallery is recorded as Verbascum[11].
  • Verbascum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Verbascum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Verbascum's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(2)[14].
  • Verbascum's described by source is recorded as Q19133013[15].
  • Verbascum's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[16].
  • Verbascum's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[17].
  • Verbascum's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[18].
  • Verbascum's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[19].
  • Verbascum's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[20].
  • Verbascum's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12679[21].
  • Verbascum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'mullein'}[22].
  • Verbascum is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Toorts'}[23].
  • Verbascum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '毛蕊花属'}[24].
  • Verbascum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '毛蕊花属'}[25].
  • Verbascum's different from is recorded as Dziewanna[26].
  • Verbascum's has fruit type is recorded as capsule[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Verbascum is Verbascum[7]. Verbascum is classified at the rank of genus[5]. Verbascum belongs to the parent taxon Scrophulariaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Verbascum is Verbascum thapsus[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'mullein'}[22], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Toorts'}[23], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '毛蕊花属'}[24], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '毛蕊花属'}[25].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 56165[28] and 497934[29]. Verbascum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 39257[30]. Verbascum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2928970[31]. Verbascum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 33388[32].

Why It Matters

Verbascum ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,474 views/month, #1,296 of 195,241).[2] Verbascum has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Verbascum is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Verbascum receive?

Honors received include medicinal plant of the year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [19] . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(2). wikidata.org.
  26. [25] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [26] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank genus
    Parent taxon Scrophulariaceae
    Topic's main category Category:Verbascum
    Has fruit type capsule
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