Karstenia is a genus of fungi in the order Rhytismatales. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.[2]

Karstenia
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Karstenia

Fr. (1885)
Type species
Karstenia sorbina
(P.Karst.) P.Karst. (1885)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chailletia P.Karst. (1871)

The genus name of Karstenia is in honour of Petter Adolf Karsten (1834–1917), who was a Finnish born mycologist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. vol.2 (issue 6) on page 166 in 1885.

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References

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  1. ^ "Synonymy: Karstenia Fr". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  2. ^ 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 March 18, 2009.
  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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.