Monascus purpureus

species of fungus
Taxon taxon Q15401777
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Monascus purpureus

Summary

Monascus purpureus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month, #1,567 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Monascus purpureus's image is recorded as Red yeast rice.jpg[3].
  • Monascus purpureus's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Monascus purpureus's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Monascus purpureus's parent taxon is recorded as Monascus[6].
  • Monascus purpureus's taxon name is recorded as Monascus purpureus[7].
  • Monascus purpureus's Commons category is recorded as Monascus purpureus[8].
  • Monascus purpureus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cv8xs[9].
  • Monascus purpureus's UNII is recorded as 1EU532DCW4[10].
  • Monascus purpureus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5098[11].
  • Monascus purpureus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1004612[12].
  • Monascus purpureus's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 352448[13].
  • Monascus purpureus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5259748[14].
  • Monascus purpureus's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 100358[15].
  • Monascus purpureus's Index Fungorum taxon ID is recorded as 235390[16].
  • Monascus purpureus's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. purpureus'}[17].
  • Monascus purpureus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '紫紅麴'}[18].
  • Monascus purpureus's New Zealand Organisms Register ID is recorded as ae07b96a-9e0a-4fab-8d7a-c603660c511a[19].
  • Monascus purpureus's TaiBNET ID is recorded as 140089[20].
  • Monascus purpureus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 1148281[21].
  • Monascus purpureus's TAXREF ID is recorded as 868729[22].
  • Monascus purpureus's NBN System Key is recorded as NBNSYS0000019639[23].
  • Monascus purpureus's GenBank assembly accession number is recorded as GCA_019320005.1[24].
  • Monascus purpureus's GenBank assembly accession number is recorded as GCA_023624875.1[25].
  • Monascus purpureus's GenBank assembly accession number is recorded as GCA_031058495.1[26].
  • Monascus purpureus's uBio ID is recorded as 1598530[27].

Why It Matters

Monascus purpureus ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month, #1,567 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . TAXREF v11.0. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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