Seaverinia (original) (raw)
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Genus of fungi
| Seaverinia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  |
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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 geranii Seaver & 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]
- ^ 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.