Schenckiella

Schenckiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Asterinales
Family:	Asterinaceae
Genus:	Schenckiella Henn., 1893 [1]
Type species
Schenckiella marcgraviae Henn., 1893
Synonyms
AllothyriumSyd., 1939

Schenckiella is a genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ( incertae sedis ), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any order. ^[2] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Schenckiella marcgraviae. ^[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Paul Christoph Hennings in 1893. ^[1]

The genus name of Schenckiella is in honour of Johann Heinrich Rudolf Schenck (1860–1927), who was a German botanist and native of Siegen. He was a brother to geographer Adolf Schenck (1857–1936). ^[4]

References

1. Hennings, P. (1893). Taubert, P. (ed.). "Plantae Glaziovianae novae vel minus cognitae. IV". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 17: 523.
2. 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.
3. "Record Details: Schenckiella". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
4. 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.