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Borassus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q310912
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Borassus

Summary

Borassus is a taxon[1]. Borassus ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (458 views/month, #1,486 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Borassus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Borassus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Borassus is classified within Q14080[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Borassus is Borassus[6].
  • Borassus's Commons category is recorded as Borassus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Borassus is Borassus flabellifer[8].
  • Borassus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Borassus[9].
  • Borassus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(1)[10].
  • Borassus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1583[11].
  • Borassus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'borassus palm'}[12].
  • Borassus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '糖棕属'}[13].
  • Borassus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '糖棕属'}[14].
  • Borassus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '树头榈属'}[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Borassus is Borassus[6]. Borassus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Borassus is classified within Q14080[5]. The taxonomic type of Borassus is Borassus flabellifer[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'borassus palm'}[12], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '糖棕属'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '糖棕属'}[14], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '树头榈属'}[15].

Identifiers

Borassus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 180275[16]. Borassus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 145674[17]. Borassus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 34994[18]. Borassus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2733922[19]. Borassus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42439[20].

Why It Matters

Borassus ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (458 views/month, #1,486 of 195,241).[2] Borassus has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Borassus is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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. [17] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(1). wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
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    Taxonomic type → Borassus flabellifer
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