Zizania

genus of plants, the wild rices
Taxon taxon Q831681
Zizania
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Zizania

Summary

Zizania is a taxon[1]. Zizania ranks in the top 0.58% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,431 views/month, #1,141 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zizania's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Zizania is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Zizania is classified within Zizaniinae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Zizania is Zizania[6].
  • Zizania's Commons category is recorded as Zizania[7].
  • Zizania's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zizania[8].
  • Zizania's Commons gallery is recorded as Zizania[9].
  • Zizania's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(2)[10].
  • Zizania's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[11].
  • Zizania's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=13051[12].
  • Zizania's this taxon is source of is recorded as wild rice[13].
  • Zizania is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'wildrice'}[14].
  • Zizania is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '菰属'}[15].
  • Zizania is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '菰属'}[16].
  • Zizania's has fruit type is recorded as caryopsis[17].

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Classification

Zizania's scientific name is Zizania[6]. Zizania is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Zizania is classified within Zizaniinae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'wildrice'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '菰属'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '菰属'}[16].

Identifiers

Zizania's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 72434[18]. Zizania's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 15949[19]. Zizania's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 108104[20]. Zizania's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2703227[21]. Zizania's ITIS TSN is recorded as 41318[22].

Why It Matters

Zizania ranks in the top 0.58% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,431 views/month, #1,141 of 195,241).[2] Zizania has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Zizania is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(2). wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type caryopsis
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    This taxon is source of wild rice
    Parent taxon Zizaniinae
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536672805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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