Seaverinia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Ascomycetes |
Order: | Helotiales |
Family: | Sclerotiniaceae |
Genus: | Seaverinia Whetzel |
Type species | |
Seaverinia geranii (Seaver & W.T. Horne) Whetzel | |
Synonyms | |
Sclerotinia geranii Seaver & W.T. Horne, Mem. Torrey bot. Club 17: 205 (1918) |
Seaverinia is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae. 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.
The genus name of Seaverinia is in honour of Fred Jay Seaver (1877–1970), who was an American mycologist.
References
- Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
- "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- 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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