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Picea abies

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q145992
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Summary

Picea abies is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,574 views/month, #1,048 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Tree of the year (Germany)[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Picea[6]
  • Taxon name: Picea abies[7]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[8]
  • Commons category: Picea abies[9]
  • Has basionym: Pinus abies[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Picea abies[11]
  • Commons gallery: Picea abies[12]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7[13], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[14], Pauly–Wissowa[15]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28264[16]
  • This taxon is source of: spruce beer[17], tonewood[18], Norway spruce wood[19]
  • Short name: P. abies[20]
  • Taxon common name: Gemeine Fichte[21], Ель обыкновенная[22], Gran[23], Épicéa commun[24], smrk ztepilý[25], Елка[26], metsäkuusi[27], Harilik kuusk[28], Smreka[29], Smrča[30], Abete rosso[31], Paprastoji eglė[32], Ялина європейська[33], świerk pospolity[34]

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Identifiers

Picea abies's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3329[35]. Picea abies's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1061648[36]. Picea abies's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5284884[37]. Picea abies's ITIS TSN is recorded as 183289[38].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Picea abies include Eglītis[39], a family name[40].

Why It Matters

Picea abies has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for it include Eglītis[39], a family name[40].

FAQs

What awards did Picea abies receive?

Honors received include Tree of the year (Germany)[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → picea-abies
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Nzpcn id, update to ids following formatter url change ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/103607c2e7a|details]])"
  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → SVT1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q292996, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0209690-smrk-ztepily
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0209690-smrk-ztepily, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Longest observed lifespan → {'amount': '+468'}
    Taxon rank → species
    Aliases → —
    Award received → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 5552, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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