Caproniella

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Caproniella
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Informal group: Sordariomycetes incertae sedis
Genus: Caproniella
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Caproniella is a genus of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ( incertae sedis ). [1]

The genus name of Caproniella is in honour of Edward Capron (x - 1907), a British botanist (Mycology) and Entomologist. [2]

The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Napoleone Berlese in Icon. Fung. Vol.2 on page 62 in 1895.

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  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.