Passerinula

Passerinula is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).[1]

Passerinula
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Passerinula

Type species
Passerinula candida
Sacc.

The genus name of Passerinula is in honour of Giovanni Passerini (1816-1893), who was an Italian botanist and entomologist and also director of the Orto Botanico di Parma.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Grevillea vol.4 on page 21 in 1875.

Species

As accepted by GBIF;

  • Passerinula candida Sacc.
  • Passerinula dubitationum (Speg.) E.Müll.
  • Passerinula rubescens Rehm

They also place the genus within Pleosporales Order.[3]

See also

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
  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.
  3. "Passerinula Sacc". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 September 2022.


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