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Buxaceae

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Buxaceae

Summary

Buxaceae is a taxon[1]. Buxaceae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (105 views/month, #1,617 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buxaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Buxaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Buxaceae belongs to the parent taxon Euphorbiales[5].
  • Buxaceae is classified within Eudicots[6].
  • Buxaceae is classified within Tricoccae[7].
  • Buxaceae belongs to the parent taxon Sapindales[8].
  • Buxaceae is classified within Buxales[9].
  • Buxaceae's scientific name is Buxaceae[10].
  • Buxaceae's Commons category is recorded as Buxaceae[11].
  • The taxonomic type of Buxaceae is Buxus[12].
  • Buxaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Buxaceae[13].
  • Buxaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 45(1)[14].
  • Buxaceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Didymelaceae[15].
  • Buxaceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Haptanthaceae[16].
  • Buxaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=182[17].
  • Buxaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Buchsbaumgewächse'}[18].
  • Buxaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Buxáceas'}[19].
  • Buxaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Puksipuukasvit'}[20].
  • Buxaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'Зеленики'}[21].
  • Buxaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Buxusfamilie'}[22].
  • Buxaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Buksbomfamilien'}[23].
  • Buxaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Bukszpanowate'}[24].
  • Buxaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Самшитовые'}[25].
  • Buxaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '회양목과'}[26].
  • Buxaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '黄杨科'}[27].

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Classification

Buxaceae's scientific name is Buxaceae[10]. Buxaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Euphorbiales[5], Eudicots[6], Tricoccae[7], Sapindales[8], and Buxales[9]. The taxonomic type of Buxaceae is Buxus[12]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Buchsbaumgewächse'}[18], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Buxáceas'}[19], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Puksipuukasvit'}[20], {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'Зеленики'}[21], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Buxusfamilie'}[22], and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Buksbomfamilien'}[23].

Identifiers

Buxaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 50318[28]. Buxaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4000[29]. Buxaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4273[30]. Buxaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6703[31]. Buxaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 28021[32].

Why It Matters

Buxaceae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (105 views/month, #1,617 of 195,241).[2] Buxaceae has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Buxaceae 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] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (ed. 9). wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [30] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 45(1). 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. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Euphorbiales, Eudicots, Tricoccae +2
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → buksbomfamilien
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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