Harknessiella 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] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Harknessiella purpurea.

Harknessiella
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Harknessiella

Sacc. (1883)
Type species
Harknessiella purpurea
(W.Phillips & Harkn.) Sacc. (1889)

It was named after Harvey Willson “H.W.” Harkness.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Syll. Fung. vol.8 on page 845 in 1889.

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  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  2. ^ Daniel, Thomas F. (2008). "One Hundred and Fifty Years of Botany at the California Academy of Sciences (1853–2003)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 4. 59 (7): 215–305.