Hertella
Appearance
Hertella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Peltigerales |
Family: | Placynthiaceae |
Genus: | Hertella Henssen |
Type species | |
Hertella subantarctica Henssen
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Hertella is a lichenized genus of fungi within the Placynthiaceae family.[1]
The genus name of Hertella is in honour of Hannes Hertel (b.1939), a German botanist (Mycology, Lichenology and Bryology), Taxonomist, Curator of Lichenes/Bryophytes and former Director of the Botanische Staatssammlung München.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Aino Marjatta Henssen in Mycotaxon vol.22 on page 381 in 1985.
- Hertella chilensis Henssen
- Hertella neozelandica Henssen
- Hertella subantarctica Henssen
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "Hertella Henssen". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 April 2022.