Aspergillus

genus of fungi
Taxon taxon Q335130
Aspergillus
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Aspergillus

Summary

Aspergillus is a taxon[1]. Aspergillus ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,510 views/month, #1,175 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Aspergillus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Aspergillus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • watering can is named after Aspergillus[5].
  • Aspergillus is classified within Aspergillaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Aspergillus is Aspergillus[7].
  • Aspergillus's Commons category is recorded as Aspergillus[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Aspergillus is Aspergillus glaucus[9].
  • Aspergillus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aspergillus[10].
  • Aspergillus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • Aspergillus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Aspergillus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • Aspergillus's taxon synonym is recorded as Pyrobolus[14].
  • Aspergillus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '曲霉属'}[15].
  • Aspergillus's taxon author citation is recorded as P.Micheli ex Link[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Aspergillus is Aspergillus[7]. Aspergillus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Aspergillus belongs to the parent taxon Aspergillaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Aspergillus is Aspergillus glaucus[9]. Aspergillus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '曲霉属'}[15].

Discovery and Description

watering can is named after Aspergillus[5].

Identifiers

Aspergillus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 155033[17]. Aspergillus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5052[18]. Aspergillus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 16436[19]. Aspergillus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8150522[20].

Why It Matters

Aspergillus ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,510 views/month, #1,175 of 195,241).[2] Aspergillus has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Aspergillus is known by 27 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] . 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] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . 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] . 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. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after
    Taxonomic type Aspergillus glaucus
    Taxon synonym Pyrobolus
    Aliases
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