Shorea

Summary

Shorea is a taxon^[1]. Shorea ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (212 views/month, #1,565 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shorea's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Shorea is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth is named after Shorea^[5].
• Shorea is classified within Dipterocarpoideae^[6].
• Shorea's scientific name is Shorea^[7].
• Shorea's Commons category is recorded as Shorea^[8].
• Shorea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shorea^[9].
• Shorea's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 50(2)^[10].
• Shorea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=11126^[11].
• Shorea's this taxon is source of is recorded as meranti^[12].
• Shorea's this taxon is source of is recorded as Borneo tallow nut oil^[13].
• Shorea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'shorea'}^[14].
• Shorea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Shorean'}^[15].
• Shorea is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Ŝoreo'}^[16].
• Shorea is commonly known as {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'Balau'}^[17].
• Shorea is commonly known as {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'Bangkirai'}^[18].
• Shorea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '娑罗双属'}^[19].
• Shorea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '娑罗双属'}^[20].
• Shorea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '婆罗双属'}^[21].
• Shorea is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'šoreja'}^[22].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Shorea is Shorea^[7]. Shorea is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Shorea belongs to the parent taxon Dipterocarpoideae^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'shorea'}^[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Shorean'}^[15], {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Ŝoreo'}^[16], {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'Balau'}^[17], {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'Bangkirai'}^[18], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '娑罗双属'}^[19].

Discovery and Description

John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth is named after Shorea^[5]. Things named for Shorea include Typhoon Meranti^[23], a typhoon^[24].

Identifiers

Shorea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 68692^[25]. Shorea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 64588^[26]. Shorea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 49131^[27]. Shorea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3189683^[28]. Shorea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 500828^[29].

Why It Matters

Shorea ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (212 views/month, #1,565 of 195,241).^[2] Shorea has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Shorea is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for Shorea include Typhoon Meranti^[23], a typhoon^[24].