Grovesinia

Grovesinia is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae.[1]

Grovesinia
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Grovesinia

M.N. Cline, J.L. Crane & S.D. Cline
Type species
Grovesinia pyramidalis
M.N. Cline, J.L. Crane & S.D. Cline

The genus name of Grovesinia is in honour of James Walton Groves (1906-1970), who was a Canadian mycologist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Molly Niedbalski Cline, J. Leland Crane and S.D. Cline in Mycologia vol.75 (Issue 6) on page 989 in 1983.

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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