Comesia

Comesia is a genus of fungi in the Helotiales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.[1]

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Comesia

Sacc.
Type species
Comesia felicitatis
(P. Crouan & H. Crouan) Sacc.

The genus name of Comesia is in honour of Orazio Comes (1848 – 1917), who was an Italian botanist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Bot. Centralbl. Vol.18 on pages 218, 342 and 372 in 1884.

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. 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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