Leprieuria

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Leprieuria

Laessøe, J.D. Rogers & Whalley
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Leprieuria bacillum
(Mont.) Læssøe, J.D. Rogers & Whalley

Leprieuria is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae. [1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Leprieuria bacillum. [2]

The genus name of Leprieuria is in honour of François Mathias René Leprieur (1799–1870) who was a French pharmacist and naturalist. [3]

The genus was circumscribed by Thomas Læssøe, Jack David Rogers and Anthony James Seddon Whalley in Mycol. Res. vol.93 (Issue 2) on page 152 in 1989.

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References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. "Leprieuria bacillum (Mont.) Laessøe, J.D.Rogers & Whalley". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  3. 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.