Betula

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q25243
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Betula

Summary

Betula is a taxon[1]. Betula ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,012 views/month, #1,023 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Betula received the Tree of the Year (Austria)[3].
  • Betula's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Betula is classified at the rank of genus[5].
  • Betula belongs to the parent taxon Betuloideae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Betula is Betula[7].
  • Betula is a type of tree[8].
  • Betula is a type of woody plant[9].
  • Betula's Commons category is recorded as Betula[10].
  • The taxonomic type of Betula is Betula alba L. (1753)[11].
  • Betula's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Betula[12].
  • Betula's Commons gallery is recorded as Betula[13].
  • Betula's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[14].
  • Betula's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[15].
  • Betula's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Betula's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Betula's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 21[18].
  • Betula's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • Betula's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • Betula's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[21].
  • Betula's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[22].
  • Betula's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[23].
  • Betula's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1437[24].
  • Betula's this taxon is source of is recorded as birch sap[25].
  • Betula's this taxon is source of is recorded as birch[26].
  • Betula's this taxon is source of is recorded as birch seed[27].

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Classification

Betula's scientific name is Betula[7]. Betula is classified at the rank of genus[5]. Betula belongs to the parent taxon Betuloideae[6]. The taxonomic type of Betula is Betula alba L. (1753)[11]. Recorded taxon common name include birch[28], Berk[29], brzoza[30], Birke[31], betulla[32], and 桦木属[33].

Identifiers

Betula's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3504[34]. Betula's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 44475[35]. Betula's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2875008[36]. Betula's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19478[37].

Why It Matters

Betula ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,012 views/month, #1,023 of 195,241).[2] Betula has Wikipedia articles in 123 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38]

FAQs

What awards did Betula receive?

Honors received include Tree of the Year (Austria)[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [34] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [35] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [36] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  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] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . Treccani's Enciclopedia on line. wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 21. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of birch sap, birch, birch seed +5
    Plants of the world online id urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328387-2
    Belgian species list id 51837
    Freebase id /m/0hpx4
    + 101 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6095, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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