Cordierites
Appearance
Cordierites | |
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Cordierites frondosus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Leotiomycetes |
Order: | Cyttariales |
Family: | Cordieritidaceae |
Genus: | Cordierites Mont. (1840) |
Type species | |
Cordierites guianensis Mont. (1840)
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Cordierites is a genus of fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae.
The genus name of Cordierites is in honour of François Simon Cordier (1797-1874), a French military doctor and botanist (Mycology), he was a founder member and president of the Société botanique de France in 1872.[1]
The genus was circumscribed by Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2, Vol.14 on page 330 in 1840.
Species
[edit]The following species are recognised in the genus Cordierites:[2]
- Cordierites acanthophorus Samuels & L.M.Kohn (1987)
- Cordierites boedijnii W.Y.Zhuang (1988)
- Cordierites coralloides Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1869)
- Cordierites fasciculata Möller (1901)
- Cordierites guyanensis Mont. (1840)
- Cordierites muscoides Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1875)
- Cordierites umbilicarioides Möller (1901)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Loading..." www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.