Schenckiella is a genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any order.[2] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Schenckiella marcgraviae.[3]
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Allothyrium Syd., 1939 | |
The genus was circumscribed by Paul Christoph Hennings in 1893.[1]
The genus name of Schenckiella is in honour of Johann Heinrich Rudolf Schenck (1860–1927), who was a German botanist and native of Siegen. He was a brother to geographer Adolf Schenck (1857–1936).[4]
References edit
- ^ a b Hennings, P. (1893). Taubert, P. (ed.). "Plantae Glaziovianae novae vel minus cognitae. IV". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 17: 523.
- ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
- ^ "Record Details: Schenckiella". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ 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.
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