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Penicillium

genus of fungi
Taxon taxon Q843136
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Penicillium

Summary

Penicillium is a taxon[1]. Penicillium ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,465 views/month, #1,369 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Penicillium's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Penicillium is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Penicillium belongs to the parent taxon Trichocomaceae[5].
  • Penicillium is classified within Aspergillaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Penicillium is Penicillium[7].
  • Penicillium's Commons category is recorded as Penicillium[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Penicillium is Penicillium crustaceum[9].
  • Penicillium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Penicillium[10].
  • Penicillium's Commons gallery is recorded as Penicillium[11].
  • Penicillium's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[12].
  • Penicillium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[13].
  • Penicillium's this taxon is source of is recorded as penicillin[14].
  • Penicillium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '青霉属'}[15].
  • Penicillium's taxon author citation is recorded as Link[16].

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Classification

Penicillium's scientific name is Penicillium[7]. Penicillium is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Trichocomaceae[5] and Aspergillaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Penicillium is Penicillium crustaceum[9]. Penicillium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '青霉属'}[15].

Identifiers

Penicillium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 194449[17]. Penicillium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5073[18]. Penicillium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 16374[19]. Penicillium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7635114[20].

Why It Matters

Penicillium ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,465 views/month, #1,369 of 195,241).[2] Penicillium has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Penicillium is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The 2024 Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . MycoBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . Relationship between culturable filamentous fungal diversity and environmental factors in Nam Co Lake. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Biota of New Zealand. id.biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of → penicillin
    Taxonomic type → Penicillium crustaceum
    Parent taxon → Trichocomaceae, Aspergillaceae
    Instance of → taxon
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007533961005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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