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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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Vinony's link graph records 13 inbound references to Cichorium endivia, and connects out to plant, Carl Linnaeus and Wikidata.
Vinony files it under Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Cichorieae and Leaf vegetables.
Vinony links it to 48 Wikipedia language editions.
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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- Commons category
- 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.