Taxus
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Summary
Taxus is a taxon[1]. Taxus ranks in the top 0.57% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,385 views/month, #1,105 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Taxaceae[4]
- Taxon name: Taxus[5]
- Subclass of: Pinales[6], tree[7]
- Commons category: Taxus[8]
- Taxonomic type: Taxus baccata[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Taxus[10]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[11], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7[12], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13], The New Student's Reference Work[14], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[15]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=11900[16]
- This taxon is source of: yew wood[17]
- Taxon common name: yew[18], 红豆杉属[19], cis[20], tisa[21]
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Identifiers
Taxus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47555[22]. Taxus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 25628[23]. Taxus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 15111[24]. Taxus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2684902[25]. Taxus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 194882[26].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Taxus include York[27], a county town[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 0071[30]; Eburones[31], a historical ethnic group[32]; and Privet Drive[33], a fictional thoroughfare[34], in United Kingdom[35].
Why It Matters
Taxus has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Taxus is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for Taxus include York[27], a county town[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 0071[30]; Eburones[31], a historical ethnic group[32]; and Privet Drive[33], a fictional thoroughfare[34], in United Kingdom[35].