Asterolibertia

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Asterolibertia
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Asterinales
Family: Asterinaceae
Genus: Asterolibertia
G. Arnaud
Type species
Asterolibertia couepiae
(Henn.) G. Arnaud

Asterolibertia is a genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family. [1]

Contents

The genus name of Asterolibertia is in honour of Marie-Anne Libert (1782-1865), who was a Belgian botanist and mycologist. She was one of the first women plant pathologists. [2]

Species

Known species; [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Asterolibertia G.Arnaud". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.