Thuja

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q147255
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Thuja

Summary

Thuja is a taxon[1]. Thuja ranks in the top 0.43% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,588 views/month, #841 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thuja's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Thuja is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Thuja is classified within Thujoideae[5].
  • Thuja is classified within Cupressaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Thuja is Thuja[7].
  • Thuja's Commons category is recorded as Thuja[8].
  • Thuja's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thuja[9].
  • Thuja's Commons gallery is recorded as Thuja[10].
  • Thuja's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Thuja's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Thuja's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7[13].
  • Thuja's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • Thuja's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Thuja's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[16].
  • Thuja's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[17].
  • Thuja's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[18].
  • Thuja's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12106[19].
  • Thuja is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'arborvitae'}[20].
  • Thuja is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Lebensbaum'}[21].
  • Thuja is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Elupuu'}[22].
  • Thuja is commonly known as {'lang': 'eu', 'text': 'Tuia'}[23].
  • Thuja is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Tuijat'}[24].
  • Thuja is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Tuja'}[25].
  • Thuja is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Tuia'}[26].
  • Thuja is commonly known as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'Туја'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Thuja is Thuja[7]. Thuja is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Thujoideae[5] and Cupressaceae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'arborvitae'}[20], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Lebensbaum'}[21], {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Elupuu'}[22], {'lang': 'eu', 'text': 'Tuia'}[23], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Tuijat'}[24], and {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Tuja'}[25].

Identifiers

Thuja's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48253[28]. Thuja's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3315[29]. Thuja's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 14007[30]. Thuja's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2684168[31]. Thuja's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18043[32].

Why It Matters

Thuja ranks in the top 0.43% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,588 views/month, #841 of 195,241).[2] Thuja has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Thuja is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, 13. Band: Gymnospermae. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . 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] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Thujoideae, Cupressaceae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Permanent duplicated item Q117857237
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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