Banksia

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q131258
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Banksia

Summary

Banksia is a taxon[1]. Banksia ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (716 views/month, #1,388 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Banksia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Banksia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Joseph Banks is named after Banksia[5].
  • Banksia belongs to the parent taxon Proteaceae[6].
  • Banksia's scientific name is Banksia[7].
  • Banksia's Commons category is recorded as Banksia[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Banksia is Banksia serrata[9].
  • Banksia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Banksia[10].
  • Banksia's Commons gallery is recorded as Banksia[11].
  • Banksia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Banksia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1268[13].
  • Banksia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'banksia'}[14].
  • Banksia is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'banksie'}[15].
  • Banksia is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'paučkovec'}[16].
  • Banksia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Australian Honeysuckle'}[17].
  • Banksia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Banksiat'}[18].
  • Banksia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Банксия'}[19].
  • Banksia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '佛塔树属'}[20].
  • Banksia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '贝克斯属'}[21].
  • Banksia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'البَنْكِسِيَّة'}[22].
  • Banksia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'البَنْقِسْيَة'}[23].
  • Banksia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'البَنْقُوسِيا'}[24].
  • Banksia's different from is recorded as Banksia Island[25].

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Classification

Banksia's scientific name is Banksia[7]. Banksia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Banksia belongs to the parent taxon Proteaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Banksia is Banksia serrata[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'banksia'}[14], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'banksie'}[15], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'paučkovec'}[16], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Australian Honeysuckle'}[17], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Banksiat'}[18], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Банксия'}[19].

Discovery and Description

Joseph Banks is named after Banksia[5]. Things named for Banksia include Banksia[26], an exoplanet[27].

Identifiers

Banksia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 64518[28]. Banksia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 83698[29]. Banksia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 75772[30]. Banksia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3026372[31]. Banksia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 894925[32].

Why It Matters

Banksia ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (716 views/month, #1,388 of 195,241).[2] Banksia has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Banksia is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for Banksia include Banksia[26], an exoplanet[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [31] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Banksia
    Taxon rank genus
    Different from Banksia Island
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007283002105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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