Pinus

genus of plants in the conifer family Pinaceae
Taxon taxon Q12024
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Pinus

Summary

Pinus is a taxon[1]. Pinus ranks in the top 0.23% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,474 views/month, #446 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pinus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pinus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pinus is classified within Pinaceae[5].
  • Pinus belongs to the parent taxon Pinoideae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Pinus is Pinus[7].
  • Pinus is a type of tree[8].
  • Pinus's Commons category is recorded as Pinus[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Pinus is Pinus sylvestris[10].
  • Pinus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pinus[11].
  • Pinus's Commons gallery is recorded as Pinus[12].
  • Pinus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7[13].
  • Pinus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Pinus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Pinus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • Pinus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • Pinus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • Pinus's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[19].
  • Pinus's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[20].
  • Pinus's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Pinus's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[22].
  • Pinus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=9418[23].
  • Pinus's topic has template is recorded as Q10514261[24].
  • Pinus's this taxon is source of is recorded as pine nut[25].
  • Pinus's this taxon is source of is recorded as pine[26].
  • Pinus's this taxon is source of is recorded as naval stores[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pinus is Pinus[7]. Pinus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Pinaceae[5] and Pinoideae[6]. The taxonomic type of Pinus is Pinus sylvestris[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pine'}[28], {'lang': 'ang', 'text': 'Pīntrēoƿ'}[29], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'صنوبر'}[30], {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Şam ağacı'}[31], {'lang': 'bar', 'text': 'Kiefan'}[32], and {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Хвоя'}[33].

Identifiers

Pinus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3337[34]. Pinus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 14031[35]. Pinus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2684241[36]. Pinus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18035[37].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Pinus include Basilica of Our Lady of the Pine Tree[38], a Catholic parish church[39], in Spain[40], founded in 1319[41]; Matsuya[42], a business[43], in Japan[44], founded in 1869[45], headquartered in Ginza[46]; Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital[47], a hospital[48], in Turkey[49], founded in 2020[50]; Pine Pass[51], a mountain pass[52], in Canada[53]; and Sośnicowice[54], a city[55], in Poland[56].

Why It Matters

Pinus ranks in the top 0.23% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,474 views/month, #446 of 195,241).[2] Pinus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Pinus is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Entities named for Pinus include Basilica of Our Lady of the Pine Tree[38], a Catholic parish church[39], in Spain[40], founded in 1319[41]; Matsuya[42], a business[43], in Japan[44], founded in 1869[45], headquartered in Ginza[46]; Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital[47], a hospital[48], in Turkey[49], founded in 2020[50]; Pine Pass[51], a mountain pass[52], in Canada[53]; and Sośnicowice[54], a city[55], in Poland[56].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, 13. Band: Gymnospermae. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [35] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [36] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  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] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [47] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [51] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [54] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [52] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [53] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [55] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [56] . 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. [57] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Pinaceae, Pinoideae
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 3637958
    Topic has template Q10514261
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38110, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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