Cordyceps

genus of fungi
Taxon taxon Q312238
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Cordyceps

Summary

Cordyceps is a taxon[1]. Cordyceps ranks in the top 0.29% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,408 views/month, #572 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cordyceps's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cordyceps is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cordyceps belongs to the parent taxon Cordycipitaceae[5].
  • Cordyceps's scientific name is Cordyceps[6].
  • Cordyceps's Commons category is recorded as Cordyceps[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Cordyceps is Cordyceps militaris[8].
  • Cordyceps's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cordyceps[9].
  • Cordyceps's taxon synonym is recorded as Akrophyton tuberculatum[10].
  • Cordyceps's taxon author citation is recorded as Fr.[11].

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Classification

Cordyceps's scientific name is Cordyceps[6]. Cordyceps is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cordyceps belongs to the parent taxon Cordycipitaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Cordyceps is Cordyceps militaris[8].

Identifiers

Cordyceps's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 58707[12]. Cordyceps's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 45234[13]. Cordyceps's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 16523[14]. Cordyceps's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2560661[15].

Why It Matters

Cordyceps ranks in the top 0.29% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,408 views/month, #572 of 195,241).[2] Cordyceps has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Cordyceps is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Appendix III: Conserved, protected, and rejected names of genera and subdivisions of genera. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . MycoBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . Biota of New Zealand. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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