Cainiella is a genus of fungi in the family Sordariaceae.[1]
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| Genus: | Cainiella E.Müll. (1957)
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| Cainiella johansonii (Rehm) E.Müll. (1957)
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C. borealis M.E. Barr (1959) | |
The genus name of Cainiella is in honour of Roy Franklin Cain (1906 - 1998), a Canadian botanist and Professor in Toronto.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Emil Müller in Sydowia Vol.10 on page 120 in 1957.
References edit
- ^ Kruys A, Castlebury LA. (2011). "Molecular phylogeny of Sydowiellaceae—resolving the position of Cainiella". Mycologia. 104 (2): 419–426. doi:10.3852/11-163. PMID 22075786.
- ^ 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.
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