Pinus ponderosa

species of large pine tree in North America
Taxon taxon Q460523
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Summary

Pinus ponderosa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,618 views/month, #1,166 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Pinus sect. Pseudostrobus[5]
  • Taxon name: Pinus ponderosa[6]
  • Subclass of: evergreen tree[7], useful plant[8]
  • Commons category: Pinus ponderosa[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pinus ponderosa[10]
  • Commons gallery: Pinus ponderosa[11]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7[12]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28530[13]
  • This taxon is source of: ponderosa pine[14]
  • Short name: P. ponderosa[15]
  • Taxon common name: Ponderosa Pine[16], Western Yellow Pine[17], pinwydden gochfrig[18], borovice těžká[19], bull pine[20], 西黄松[21], 美国黄松[22], 美国长三叶松[23], rumeni bor[24]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[25]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 929[26]

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Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 48461[27] and 81248[28]. Pinus ponderosa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 55062[29]. Pinus ponderosa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1061751[30]. Pinus ponderosa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5285053[31]. Pinus ponderosa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 183365[32].

Why It Matters

Pinus ponderosa has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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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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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. 25d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ponderosa-pine
    Nzpcn id → pinus-ponderosa
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  2. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i98413
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 11634871-n
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  3. 9w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The oregon encyclopedia id → ponderosa_pine
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The oregon encyclopedia id: ponderosa_pine, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/83141340|Ponderosa pine (#83141340)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2968|The "
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → evergreen tree, useful plant
    Described by source → Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Aliases → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007563250605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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