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Cocconia placenta |
Cocconia is a genus of fungi in the family Parmulariaceae. [1]
The genus name of Cocconia is in honour of Girolamo Cocconi (1822-1904), an Italian teacher, botanist and professor from the University of Bologna. [2]
The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Syll. Fung. Vol.8 on page 738 in 1889.
Charles Baron Clarke was a British botanist. He was born at Andover, the eldest son of Turner Poulter Clarke. He was educated at King's College School, London, and at Trinity and Queens' Colleges, Cambridge. He began the study of law at Lincoln's Inn in 1856 and was called to the bar in 1860. He lectured in mathematics at Presidency College, Calcutta, from 1857 to 1865. Clarke was Inspector of Schools in Eastern Bengal and later of India, and superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Garden from 1869 to 1871. He retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1887. He was president of the Linnean Society from 1894 to 1896, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1882. He worked at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew until his death in 1906.
Paul Friedrich August Ascherson was a German botanist. His author citation is Asch., although Aschers. has been used in the past.
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