Seynesiopeltis

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Seynesiopeltis
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Microthyriales
Family: Microthyriaceae
Genus: Seynesiopeltis
F. Stevens & R.W. Ryan
Type species
Seynesiopeltis tetraplasandrae
F. Stevens & R.W. Ryan

Seynesiopeltis is a genus of fungi in the Microthyriaceae family. [1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Seynesiopeltis tetraplasandraeF. Stevens & R.W. Ryan (1925). [2]

The genus was circumscribed by Frank Lincoln Stevens and Ruth Winifred Ryan in Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. vol.19 on page 69 in 1925.

The genus name of Seynesiopeltis is in honour of Jules de Seynes (1833–1912), who was a French physician, botanist and mycologist, and Professor of Natural history at the Medical faculty within the University of Paris. He previously also was at the University of Montpellier. [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 25 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.