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Scorzonera laciniata

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 26, 2023
Entity authorityQ225569 ↗
Source-derived summary

Scorzonera laciniata, also known as cutleaf vipergrass, is a species of herb in the family Asteraceae.

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This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC0 (license statement/permission). Text taken from Podospermum laciniatum​. Encyclopedia of Life.

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The public source identifies “Scorzonera laciniata” as species of plant. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Scorzonera, laciniata and species.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current 39-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Scorzonera, laciniata and species providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Scorzonera laciniata”, the useful work is to connect “species of plant” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 26, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q225569. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Scorzonera laciniata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.