Onnia is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. The widely distributed genus contains five species.[1]
| Onnia | |
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| Onnia tomentosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Hymenochaetales |
| Family: | Hymenochaetaceae |
| Genus: | Onnia P. Karst |
| Type species | |
| Onnia circinata (Fr.) P. Karst
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The genus name of Onnia is in honour of Onni Alexander Karsten (1868-1958), who was a Finnish gardener, who worked at the Mustiala Agriculture Institute in Tampere.[2]
Onni Alexander Karsten was also the son of Petter Adolf Karsten and the genus was circumscribed by Petter Adolf Karsten in Bidrag Kännedom Finlands Natur Folk vol.48 on pages 326 - 376 in 1889.
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- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ 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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