Seaverinia

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Seaverinia
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Sclerotiniaceae
Genus: Seaverinia
Whetzel
Type species
Seaverinia geranii
(Seaver & W.T. Horne) Whetzel
Synonyms

Sclerotinia geraniiSeaver & W.T. Horne, Mem. Torrey bot. Club 17: 205 (1918)

Seaverinia is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae. [1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Seaverinia geranii.

The genus was circumscribed by Herbert Hice Whetzel in Mycologia vol.37 (6) on page 703 in 1945. [2]

The genus name of Seaverinia is in honour of Fred Jay Seaver (1877–1970), who was an American mycologist. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  2. ↑ "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 23 October 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.


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