Fagus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q25403
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Fagus

Summary

Fagus is a taxon[1]. Fagus ranks in the top 0.36% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,192 views/month, #708 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fagus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Fagus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Fagus belongs to the parent taxon Fagoideae[5].
  • Fagus's scientific name is Fagus[6].
  • Fagus is a type of tree[7].
  • Fagus is used for individual beech tree[8].
  • Fagus's Commons category is recorded as Fagus[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Fagus is Fagus sylvatica[10].
  • Fagus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fagus[11].
  • Fagus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[12].
  • Fagus's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[13].
  • Fagus's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[14].
  • Fagus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Fagus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Fagus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17].
  • Fagus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 22[18].
  • Fagus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • Fagus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • Fagus's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[21].
  • Fagus's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[22].
  • Fagus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4605[23].
  • Fagus's has characteristic is recorded as hard wood[24].
  • Fagus's this taxon is source of is recorded as beechnut[25].
  • Fagus's this taxon is source of is recorded as beech wood[26].
  • Fagus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'beech'}[27].

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Classification

Fagus's scientific name is Fagus[6]. Fagus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Fagus belongs to the parent taxon Fagoideae[5]. The taxonomic type of Fagus is Fagus sylvatica[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'beech'}[27], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '水青冈属'}[28], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '水青冈属'}[29], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'bukev'}[30].

Identifiers

Fagus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49203[31]. Fagus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 21024[32]. Fagus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 107351[33]. Fagus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2874875[34]. Fagus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19461[35].

Why It Matters

Fagus ranks in the top 0.36% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,192 views/month, #708 of 195,241).[2] Fagus has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Fagus is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [35] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [33] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [34] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 22. wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of beechnut, beech wood
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Has use individual beech tree
    Subclass of tree
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9739, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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