Claviceps

genus of fungi and group of fungi of the genus Claviceps
Taxon taxon Q6445454
Claviceps
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Claviceps

Summary

Claviceps is a taxon[1]. Claviceps ranks in the top 0.31% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,401 views/month, #598 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Claviceps's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Claviceps is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Claviceps belongs to the parent taxon Clavicipitaceae[5].
  • Claviceps's scientific name is Claviceps[6].
  • Claviceps's Commons category is recorded as Claviceps[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Claviceps is Claviceps purpurea[8].
  • Claviceps's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Claviceps[9].
  • Claviceps's Commons gallery is recorded as Claviceps purpurea[10].
  • Claviceps's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11].
  • Claviceps's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Claviceps's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13].
  • Claviceps's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Claviceps's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Claviceps's this taxon is source of is recorded as ergot alkaloids[16].
  • Claviceps's different from is recorded as Sporysz, Pomeranian Voivodeship[17].
  • Claviceps's taxon author citation is recorded as Tul.[18].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Claviceps is Claviceps[6]. Claviceps is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Claviceps belongs to the parent taxon Clavicipitaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Claviceps is Claviceps purpurea[8].

Identifiers

Claviceps's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 123250[19]. Claviceps's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5110[20]. Claviceps's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 21879[21]. Claviceps's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2562525[22].

Why It Matters

Claviceps ranks in the top 0.31% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,401 views/month, #598 of 195,241).[2] Claviceps has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Claviceps is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q24479975. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . MycoBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Australian Fungi ID. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of taxon
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Claviceps
    Different from Sporysz, Pomeranian Voivodeship
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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