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Sphaerobolus

genus of fungi
Taxon taxon Q1393177
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Sphaerobolus

Summary

Sphaerobolus is a taxon[1]. Sphaerobolus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (226 views/month, #1,606 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

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

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Classification

Sphaerobolus's scientific name is Sphaerobolus[6]. Sphaerobolus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Sphaerobolus belongs to the parent taxon Geastraceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Sphaerobolus is Sphaerobolus stellatus[8].

Identifiers

Sphaerobolus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 55015[11]. Sphaerobolus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 68785[12]. Sphaerobolus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 19469[13]. Sphaerobolus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2554395[14].

Why It Matters

Sphaerobolus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (226 views/month, #1,606 of 195,241).[2] Sphaerobolus has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Sphaerobolus is known by 5 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . id.biodiversity.org.au. 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. 10d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Geastraceae
    Taxon rank → genus
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