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Ophiocordyceps

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Ophiocordyceps

Summary

Ophiocordyceps is a taxon[1]. Ophiocordyceps ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (953 views/month, #1,473 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ophiocordyceps's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Ophiocordyceps is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Ophiocordyceps is classified within Ophiocordycipitaceae[5].
  • Ophiocordyceps's scientific name is Ophiocordyceps[6].
  • Ophiocordyceps's Commons category is recorded as Ophiocordyceps[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Ophiocordyceps is Ophiocordyceps blattae[8].
  • Ophiocordyceps's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ophiocordyceps[9].
  • Ophiocordyceps's taxon author citation is recorded as Petch[10].

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Classification

Ophiocordyceps's scientific name is Ophiocordyceps[6]. Ophiocordyceps is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Ophiocordyceps is classified within Ophiocordycipitaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Ophiocordyceps is Ophiocordyceps blattae[8].

Identifiers

Ophiocordyceps's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 179205[11]. Ophiocordyceps's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 474995[12]. Ophiocordyceps's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 6471306[13]. Ophiocordyceps's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2560546[14].

Why It Matters

Ophiocordyceps ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (953 views/month, #1,473 of 195,241).[2] Ophiocordyceps has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Ophiocordyceps is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . id.biodiversity.org.au. id.biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . MycoBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . 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. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Ophiocordycipitaceae
    Taxon rank → genus
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