Plasmodium falciparum

Summary

Plasmodium falciparum is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,826 views/month, #1,181 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Plasmodium falciparum's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Plasmodium falciparum's instance of is recorded as parasite^[4].
• Plasmodium falciparum is classified at the rank of species^[5].
• Plasmodium falciparum is classified within Laverania^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Plasmodium falciparum is Plasmodium falciparum^[7].
• Plasmodium falciparum's Commons category is recorded as Plasmodium falciparum^[8].
• Plasmodium falciparum's original combination is recorded as Haematozoon falciparum^[9].
• Plasmodium falciparum's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. falciparum'}^[10].
• Plasmodium falciparum's has host is recorded as Homo sapiens^[11].
• Plasmodium falciparum's has host is recorded as Anopheles^[12].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum^[13].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum_dd2_gca_000149795^[14].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum_nf135_5_c10_gca_000521075^[15].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum_palo_alto_uganda_gca_000521095^[16].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum_tanzania_2000708__gca_000521055^[17].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum_camp_malaysia_gca_000521115^[18].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum_hb3_gca_000149665^[19].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum_nf54_gca_000401695^[20].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum_ugt5_1_gca_000401715^[21].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum_malips096_e11_gca_000521035^[22].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum_raj116_gca_000186025^[23].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum_fch_4_gca_000521155^[24].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum_nf54_gca_002831795^[25].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum_7g8_gca_000150435^[26].
• Plasmodium falciparum's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Plasmodium_falciparum_igh_cr14_gca_000186055^[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Plasmodium falciparum is Plasmodium falciparum^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[5]. It belongs to the parent taxon Laverania^[6].

Identifiers

Plasmodium falciparum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5833^[28]. Plasmodium falciparum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 10540993^[29].

Why It Matters

Plasmodium falciparum ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,826 views/month, #1,181 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]