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Bombax

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q719028
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Bombax

Summary

Bombax is a taxon[1]. Bombax ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month, #1,599 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bombax's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Bombax is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Bombax is classified within Bombacoideae[5].
  • Bombax's scientific name is Bombax[6].
  • Bombax's Commons category is recorded as Bombax[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Bombax is Bombax ceiba[8].
  • Bombax's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bombax[9].
  • Bombax's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 49(2)[10].
  • Bombax's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • Bombax's taxon synonym is recorded as Salmalia[12].
  • Bombax's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1565[13].
  • Bombax is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '木棉'}[14].
  • Bombax is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '木棉属'}[15].
  • Bombax is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '木棉属'}[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Bombax is Bombax[6]. Bombax is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Bombax belongs to the parent taxon Bombacoideae[5]. The taxonomic type of Bombax is Bombax ceiba[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '木棉'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '木棉属'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '木棉属'}[16].

Identifiers

Bombax's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 68314[17]. Bombax's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 45324[18]. Bombax's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 71377[19]. Bombax's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2874861[20]. Bombax's ITIS TSN is recorded as 21592[21].

Why It Matters

Bombax ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month, #1,599 of 195,241).[2] Bombax has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Bombax is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 49(2). wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Bombax ceiba
    Parent taxon → Bombacoideae
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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