Picea

genus of evergreen, coniferous tree
Taxon taxon Q26782
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Picea

Summary

Picea is a taxon[1]. Picea ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (956 views/month, #750 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Picea received the Tree of the Year (Austria)[3].
  • Picea's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Picea is classified at the rank of genus[5].
  • Picea is classified within Piceoideae[6].
  • Picea belongs to the parent taxon Pinaceae[7].
  • Picea is classified within Abietoideae[8].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Picea is Picea[9].
  • Picea is a type of tree[10].
  • Picea's Commons category is recorded as Picea[11].
  • The taxonomic type of Picea is Picea abies[12].
  • Picea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Picea[13].
  • Picea's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[14].
  • Picea's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[15].
  • Picea's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Picea's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Picea's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7[18].
  • Picea's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • Picea's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • Picea's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[21].
  • Picea's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[22].
  • Picea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=9366[23].
  • Picea's topic has template is recorded as Q62686382[24].
  • Picea's this taxon is source of is recorded as spruce[25].
  • Picea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'spruce'}[26].
  • Picea is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Spar'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Picea is Picea[9]. Picea is classified at the rank of genus[5]. Recorded parent taxon include Piceoideae[6], Pinaceae[7], and Abietoideae[8]. The taxonomic type of Picea is Picea abies[12]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'spruce'}[26], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Spar'}[27], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'kuuset'}[28], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '云杉属'}[29], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '云杉属'}[30], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'smreka'}[31].

Identifiers

Picea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 63573[32]. Picea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3328[33]. Picea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 14029[34]. Picea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7606064[35]. Picea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18033[36].

Why It Matters

Picea ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (956 views/month, #750 of 195,241).[2] Picea has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Picea is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

FAQs

What awards did Picea receive?

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

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, 13. Band: Gymnospermae. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Australian Plant Name Index. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [33] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [36] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [34] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [35] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7. wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template Q62686382
    Aliases
    Subclass of
    Parent taxon Piceoideae, Pinaceae, Abietoideae
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38152, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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