Biology:Scortechinia

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Scortechinia
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Scortechinia

Sacc. (1885)
Type species
Scortechinia acanthostroma (Nitschkia acanthostroma)
(Mont.) Sacc. & Berl. (1884)

Scortechinia is a genus of fungi in the Ascomycota, of the family Nitschkiaceae.

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Atti Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. Lett. Arti ser.6, vol.3 on page 713 in 1885.

The genus name of Scortechinia is in honour of Benedetto Scortechini (1845–1886), who was an Italian botanist, explorer, and Roman Catholic priest.[1]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[2]

  • Scortechinia conferta (Schwein.) Subram. & Sekar
  • Scortechinia culcitella (Berk. & Ravenel) Speg.
  • Scortechinia diminutispora Mugambi & Huhndorf

Former species;

  • Scortechinia acanthostroma (Mont.) Sacc. & Berl. (1885) = Nitschkia acanthostroma, Nitschkiaceae
  • Scortechinia chaetomioides (Penz. & Sacc.) Arx & E. Müll. (1954) = Nitschkia chaetomioides, Nitschkiaceae
  • Scortechinia euomphala (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Arx & E. Müll. (1954) = Tympanopsis confertula, Scortechiniaceae family
  • Scortechinia massae (Cif.) Arx & E. Müll. (1954) = Tympanopsis massae, Scortechiniaceae
  • Scortechinia uniseriata (Fitzp.) Arx & E. Müll. (1954) = Nitschkia uniseriata, Nitschkiaceae
  • Scortechinia usambarensis (Rehm) Arx & E. Müll. (1954) = Euacanthe usambarensis, Nitschkiaceae

References

  1. 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. 
  2. "Species Fungorum - Names Record". http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=164952. 

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