Zwackhia

Zwackhia is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecanographaceae. It has six species.[1] The genus was circumscribed in 1855 by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber.[2] He assigned Zwackhia involuta as the type species; this species is now known as Z. viridis.

Zwackhia
Zwackhia viridis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Arthoniomycetes
Order: Arthoniales
Family: Lecanographaceae
Genus: Zwackhia
Körb. (1855)
Type species
Zwackhia involuta
(Wallr.) Körb. (1855)

The genus name of Zwackhia is in honour of Philipp Franz Wilhelm von Zwackh-Holzhausen (1826–1903), who was a German botanist (Lichenology and Mycology). He was also a Military Officer as well as being a landowner near Heidelberg. He was financially independent and owned large Herbarium.[3]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[4]

  • Zwackhia bonplandii (Fée) Ertz (2012)
  • Zwackhia circumducta (Nyl.) Ertz (2012)
  • Zwackhia prosodea (Afzel.) Ertz (2012)
  • Zwackhia robusta (Vain.) Ertz (2012)
  • Zwackhia sorediifera (P.James) Ertz (2012)
  • Zwackhia viridis (Ach.) Poetsch & Schied. (1872)

Former species;[4]

  • Z. involuta (Wallr.) Körb. (1855) = Zwackhia viridis
  • Z. involuta f. taxicola (Leight.) Eitner (1911) = Zwackhia prosodea

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. Körber, G.W. (1855). Systema lichenum Germaniae (in German). Breslau, Trewendt & Granier. p. 285.
  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.
  4. "Zwackhia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 22 December 2022.


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