Taxus

Summary

Taxus is a taxon^[1]. Taxus ranks in the top 0.57% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,112 views/month, #1,105 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Taxus's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Taxus is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Taxus belongs to the parent taxon Taxaceae^[5].
• Taxus's scientific name is Taxus^[6].
• Taxus is a type of Pinales^[7].
• Taxus is a type of tree^[8].
• Taxus's Commons category is recorded as Taxus^[9].
• The taxonomic type of Taxus is Taxus baccata^[10].
• Taxus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Taxus^[11].
• Taxus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[12].
• Taxus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7^[13].
• Taxus's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[14].
• Taxus's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[15].
• Taxus's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5^[16].
• Taxus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=11900^[17].
• Taxus's this taxon is source of is recorded as yew wood^[18].
• Taxus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'yew'}^[19].
• Taxus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '红豆杉属'}^[20].
• Taxus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '红豆杉属'}^[21].
• Taxus is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'cis'}^[22].
• Taxus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'tisa'}^[23].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Taxus is Taxus^[6]. Taxus is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Taxus belongs to the parent taxon Taxaceae^[5]. The taxonomic type of Taxus is Taxus baccata^[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'yew'}^[19], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '红豆杉属'}^[20], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '红豆杉属'}^[21], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'cis'}^[22], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'tisa'}^[23].

Identifiers

Taxus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47555^[24]. Taxus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 25628^[25]. Taxus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 15111^[26]. Taxus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2684902^[27]. Taxus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 194882^[28].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Taxus include Eburones^[29], a historical ethnic group^[30]; Privet Drive^[31], a fictional thoroughfare^[32], in United Kingdom^[33]; and York^[34], a county town^[35], in United Kingdom^[36], founded in 0071^[37].

Why It Matters

Taxus ranks in the top 0.57% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,112 views/month, #1,105 of 195,241).^[2] Taxus has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Taxus is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for Taxus include Eburones^[29], a historical ethnic group^[30]; Privet Drive^[31], a fictional thoroughfare^[32], in United Kingdom^[33]; and York^[34], a county town^[35], in United Kingdom^[36], founded in 0071^[37].