Biology:Servitia

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Servitia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Servitia
M.S. Christ. & Alstrup
Species:
S. inconspicuum
Binomial name
Servitia inconspicuum
(Lynge) M.S. Christ. & Alstrup
Synonyms[1]
  • Dermatocarpon inconspicuum Lynge

Servitia is a genus of fungi in the family Verrucariaceae.[2] A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Servitia inconspicuum (Lynge) M.S. Christ. & Alstrup. It was circumscribed in Alstrup & Hansen, Graphis Scripta vol.12 (2) on page 41 in 2001.[1]

The genus name of Servitia is in honour of Miroslav Servít (1886–1959), who was a Czech teacher, botanist (Bryology, Mykology and Lichenology), who taught at various agricultural Research stations and schools.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Servitia inconspicuum". http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=456684. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 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. 

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