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Cichorium endivia, commonly known as endive, is a leafy green vegetable that belongs to the chicory family and is cultivated for food in many parts of the world. It matters because it's a nutritious crop that provides people with vitamins and minerals, and it has been used in cooking and agriculture for centuries.
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Species
Curly endive
Cichorium endivia
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Chile Central
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 247
- With media
- 196
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, OBI, CAS, QUE, CM, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- useful plant
- Parent taxon
- Cichorium
- Image
- Friseesalat1 (fcm).jpg
- Has use
- vegetable
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- Cichorium endivia
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Cichorium endivia
- Commons gallery
- Cichorium endivia
- taxon common name
- endivija
- this taxon is source of
- endive
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- short name
- C. endivia
- taxon author citation
- L.
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Encyclopedic overview
Cichorium endivia is a species of flowering plant belonging to the genus Cichorium. It is widely cultivated as one of the species of similar bitter-leafed vegetables known as endive and escarole.
There is considerable confusion between the species and C. intybus (common chicory).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cichorium endivia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.