Jamesiella is a genus of fungi in the family Gomphillaceae.[2] It was circumscribed by Robert Lücking, Emmanuël Sérusiaux and Antonín Vězda in 2005. The genus name honours Peter Wilfrid James, an English botanist who worked at the Natural History Museum, London.[3] The type species of the genus, Jamesiella anastomosans, is now classified in the genus Gyalideopsis.

Jamesiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Gomphillaceae
Genus: Jamesiella
Lücking, Sérus. & Vězda (2005)[1]
Type species
Jamesiella anastomosans
(P.James & Vězda) Lücking, Sérus. & Vězda (2005)
Species

J. chaverriae
J. perlucida

References edit

  1. ^ Lücking R, Sérusiaux E, Vezda A (2005). "Phylogeny and systematics of the lichen family Gomphillaceae (Ostropales) inferred from cladistic analysis of phenotype data" (PDF). The Lichenologist. 37 (2): 123–170. doi:10.1017/s0024282905014660. S2CID 85597022.
  2. ^ "Jamesiella". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ^ 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.