Martininia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Leotiomycetes |
Order: | Helotiales |
Family: | Sclerotiniaceae |
Genus: | Martininia Dumont & Korf |
Type species | |
Martininia panamaensis (Whetzel) Dumont & Korf | |
Synonyms [1] | |
MartiniaWhetzel, 1942 |
Martininia is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae. [2]
The genus name of Martininia is in honour of George Willard Martin (1886–1971), who was an American mycologist. [3]
The genus was circumscribed by Kent Parsons Dumont and Richard Paul Korf in Mycologia vol.62 (Issue 3) on page 608 in 1970. [1]