Biology:Seaverinia

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Seaverinia
Scientific classification
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Ascomycetes
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Seaverinia

Whetzel
Type species
Seaverinia geranii
(Seaver & W.T. Horne) Whetzel
Synonyms

Sclerotinia geranii Seaver & W.T. Horne, Mem. Torrey bot. Club 17: 205 (1918)

Seaverinia is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae.[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Seaverinia geranii.

The genus was circumscribed by Herbert Hice Whetzel in Mycologia vol.37 (6) on page 703 in 1945.[2]

The genus name of Seaverinia is in honour of Fred Jay Seaver (1877–1970), who was an American mycologist.[3]

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58. http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
  2. "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/GSDSpecies.asp?RecordID=290832. 
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7442227 entry