Cordierites is a genus of fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae.

Cordierites
Cordierites frondosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Cyttariales
Family: Cordieritidaceae
Genus: Cordierites
Mont. (1840)
Type species
Cordierites guianensis
Mont. (1840)

The genus name of Cordierites is in honour of François Simon Cordier (1797-1874), a French military doctor and botanist (Mycology), he was a founder member and president of the Société botanique de France in 1872.[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2, Vol.14 on page 330 in 1840.

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Cordierites:[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Loading..." www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.