Ligniera is a protist genus of the family Plasmodiophoraceae.[2][4]

Ligniera
Ligniera junci
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Endomyxa
Class: Phytomyxea
Order: Plasmodiophorida
Family: Plasmodiophoridae
Genus: Ligniera
Maire & A. Tison 1911[1][2][3]
Species
Synonyms
  • Anisomyxa Němec 1913[2]
  • Rhizomyxa Borzí 1884[2]
  • Sorolpidium Němec 1911

The genus name of Ligniera is in honour of Élie Antoine Octave Lignier (1855–1916), who was a French botanist, known for his work in the field of paleobotany.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Ligniera". www.westerdijkinstitute.nl.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ligniera". www.mycobank.org.
  3. ^ "Ligniera". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ^ Dick, M. W. (2013). Straminipilous Fungi: Systematics of the Peronosporomycetes Including Accounts of the Marine Straminipilous Protists, the Plasmodiophorids and Similar Organisms. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9789401597333.
  5. ^ 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.

Further reading edit

  • Neuhauser, Sigrid; Kirchmair, Martin (2008). "Ligniera junci, a plasmodiophorid re-discovered in roots of Juncus in Austria". Osterreichische Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde. 18: 141–147. ISSN 1021-2450. PMC 3083720. PMID 21532975.
  • Zealand, The Royal Society of New. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. The Royal Society of New Zealand.
  • McLaughlin, David J.; Spatafora, Joseph W. (2014). Systematics and Evolution. Springer. ISBN 9783642553189.
  • Olive, Lindsay (2012). The Mycetozoans. Elsevier. ISBN 9780323156738.
  • Mehrotra, R. S.; Aneja, K. R. (1990). An Introduction to Mycology. New Age International. ISBN 9788122400892.
  • Marshall, K. (2013). Advances in Microbial Ecology. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781475706116.
  • Miller, Charles E.; Martin, Robert W.; Dylewski, Daniel P. (February 1985). "The ultrastructure of plasmodia, sporangia, and cystosori of Ligniera verrucosa (Plasmodiophoromycetes)". Canadian Journal of Botany. 63 (2): 263–273. doi:10.1139/b85-030.
  • Cook, W.R. Ivimey (December 1926). "The genus Ligniera Maire & Tison". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 11 (3–4): 196–IN3. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(26)80004-X.