Biology:Passerinula

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Passerinula
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Passerinula

Sacc.
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Passerinula candida
Sacc.

Passerinula 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]

The genus name of Passerinula is in honour of Giovanni Passerini (1816-1893), who was an Italian botanist and entomologist and also director of the Orto Botanico di Parma.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Grevillea vol.4 on page 21 in 1875.

Species

As accepted by GBIF;

  • Passerinula candida Sacc.
  • Passerinula dubitationum (Speg.) E.Müll.
  • Passerinula rubescens Rehm

They also place the genus within Pleosporales Order.[3]

See also

  • List of Dothideomycetes genera incertae sedis

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58. http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022. 
  3. "Passerinula Sacc." (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/8624967. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7142622 entry