Wikidata:WikiProject Botany

Goals

Organize data about plants (with the exception of taxonomic data and taxon-identifiers: Wikidata:WikiProject Taxonomy)

Related WikiProjects

Wikidata WikiProjects : Biology, Taxonomy, Ecology, Anatomy, Medicine, Food.

Other Wikimedia botany projects : WikiProject Plants (Q10823481).

Properties

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
flower color	P2827	Item	biological pigment, color in nature and flower: colour of flowers of a plant species, hybrid or cultivar	Jasminum officinale <flower color> white	-
inflorescence	P3739	Item	inflorescence: placement of flowers on the stem of a flower plant	Myosotis scorpioides <inflorescence> helicoid cyme	-
fruit color	P11220	Item	fruit color: color of the fruit of a plant species, hybrid, or cultivar	Viburnum dentatum <fruit color> black	-
has fruit type	P4000	Item	type of fruit: morphology of the fruit of this taxon, as defined in botany	Rubus subg. Rubus <has fruit type> polydrupe	-
foliage type	P10906	Item	foliage: type of foliage characteristic of a plant, e.g. deciduous, semi-deciduous, semi-evergreen, or evergreen	Abies pinsapo <foliage type> evergreen plant	-
is pollinated by	P1703	Item	pollination: how pollen from the male anthers is transferred to the female stigma of a flower	Eriogonum latifolium <is pollinated by> Halictidae	is pollinator of
visited by	P11801	Item	plant visitor: organisms attracted by this plant taxon and reported to visit it	Zabelia tyaihyoni <visited by> butterfly	-
hardiness of plant	P8193	Item	hardiness: recommended hardiness zone for plant, ability of plant to survive adverse growing conditions	Rosa 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' <hardiness of plant> 6	-
habitat	P2974	Item	habitat: the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population	Helicobacter pylori 26695 <habitat> stomach	taxon found at location
endemic to	P183	Item	endemism and endemic species: sole location or habitat type where the taxon lives	Tournefortia acuminata <endemic to> Réunion	-
color	P462	Item	color: color of subject	charcoal <color> black	-
smells of	P5872	Item	odor: what an item is said to smell like	Habanita <smells of> vanilla	-
host	P2975	Item	host organism: an organism harboring another organism or organisms on or in itself	Helicobacter pylori 26695 <host> Homo sapiens	-
natural reservoir of	P1606	Item	natural reservoir: pathogen of which this species is a long-term host	Pteropodidae <natural reservoir of> Ebolavirus	has natural reservoir

Related items and properties

plant (Q756)

class hierarchy

botany (Q441)

edible flower (Q2349698)

inflorescence (Q156428)

Subclasses of inflorescences fr | en

Horticulture and gardening

Examples of databases

These databases contains data about horticulture and gardening. We could see which data or properties can be used in Wikidata.

Name	Comments	Licence	Cons
Plants For A Future		CC BY-NC-SA 1.0	Only in english, not CC0
Practical Plants	Collaboratively edited encyclopedia and database	CC BY SA and CC BY NC SA (fork of the PFAF database)	Only in english, not CC0
Ooreka		?	Only in french, licence ?
PLANTS	from United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. The Conservation Plant Characteristics Data Definitions may be of particular interest for developing properties below	Dataset available under Creative Commons Zero. The data catalog entry lists the format as "web page"
Gardener Plant Toolbox	by North Carolina State University Extension, records on 4,700 plants that grow in and around North Carolina, USA	?
...

Properties

Database	Property name	Wikimedia list of items	Example of items	Comments
PFAF	Edible rating/uses	Category:Edible plants (Q7224176)
PFAF	Medicinal rating/uses	Category:Medicinal plants (Q8891990), Therapeutic classes, french pharmacological classes)
PFAF	Other uses	Category:Domesticated plants (Q7226609)
PFAF	Special uses	Category:Domesticated plants (Q7226609)	Nitrogen fixer, ground cover...
PFAF	Edible parts		flower (Q506), bark (Q184453), fruit (Q1364), leaf (Q33971), manna (Q241156), nectar (Q171934), oil (Q42962), pollen (Q79932), root (Q41500), plant sap (Q76626), seed (Q40763), seedpod, plant stem (Q134267)
PFAF	Habit
PFAF	Deciduous/Evergreen		evergreen plant (Q190489) / deciduous plant (Q1131316)
PFAF	Height
PFAF	Width
PFAF	Hardiness USDA
PFAF	Growth rate
PFAF	Soil
PFAF	pH
PFAF	Shade
PFAF	Moisture
PFAF	Wind
PFAF	Tolerates pollution
PFAF	Frost tender
PFAF	Flowering times and types			different according to the climate
PFAF	Flower type		hermaphrodite (Q303479), monoecious, dioecy (Q148681), self-fertile
PFAF	Pollinators is pollinated by (P1703)
Ooreka	Plant type		ornamental plant (Q199182)
Ooreka	Flower color
Ooreka	TODO...

Companion plants

The goal is to link every plant that has an positive or negative effect to each other and to be able to create a graph with Wikidata Graph Builder.

List of companion plants : english wikipedia, french wikipedia.

Properties that could be proposed (but should be more defined first) in order to easily add the list of companion plants:

Name	Description	Inverse	Opposite	Comment
helps	helps an other plant to grow	helped by	avoid ?
helped by	helped to grow by an other plant (or animal ?)	helps	avoid ?
attracts	attracts an specific animal		repels / distracts
repels / distracts	repels / distracts an animal		attracts	Which name is more appropriate ? repels or distracts ?
avoid	avoid a plant to grow (or the inverse ? see the table)		helps ?	Should we add the property "avoided by" ?

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