Sagema

Sagema is a fungal genus in the family Lecanoraceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing a single species,[1] the crustose lichen Sagema potentillae, found in Nepal. Both the genus and species were described in 1993 by lichenologists Josef Poelt and Martin Grube.[2]

Sagema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Lecanoraceae
Genus: Sagema
Poelt & Grube (1993)
Species:
S. potentillae
Binomial name
Sagema potentillae
Poelt & Grube (1993)

The genus name of Sagema is named after Sabine and Georg Miehe, as Georg Miehe (b.1952) was A German Geographer and Botanist and Professor of (Bio-)Geography in Marburg, Germany.[3]

References

  1. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
  2. Grube, M.; Poelt, J. (1993). "Contributions to the knowledge of the lichen flora of the Himalayas IX. Sagema, a new lichen genus (Lecanorales, Lecanoraceae)". Graphis Scripta. 5: 69–72.
  3. 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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