Erikssonia is a genus of fungi in the family Phyllachoraceae.
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| Genus: | Erikssonia Penz. & Sacc.
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The genus name of Erikssonia is in honour of Jakob Eriksson (1848 – 1931), who was a Swedish plant pathologist, mycologist and a taxonomist.[1]
The genus was circumscribed by Albert Julius Otto Penzig and Pier Andrea Saccardo in Malpighia Vol.11 on page 526 in 1898.
Distribution edit
It is only recorded as being found in Central America.[2]
Species edit
As accepted by Species Fungorum;[3]
- Erikssonia carissae Doidge (1948)
- Erikssonia melastomacearum (Racib.) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)
- Erikssonia protii E.K. Cash ex J.A. Stev. (1943)
- Erikssonia pulchella Penz. & Sacc. (1898)
- Erikssonia spatholobi Syd. (1915)
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.
- ^ "Erikssonia Penzig & P.A.Saccardo, 1898". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ "Erikssonia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
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