Kernia is a genus of fungi in the family Microascaceae.[1]
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| Genus: | Kernia Nieuwl.
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| Kernia nitida (Sacc.) Nieuwl.
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The genus name of Kernia is in honour of Frank Dunn Kern (1883–1973), who was an American plant pathologist and university administrator. He was a faculty member of Pennsylvania State University.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Julius Nieuwland in 1916.
Known species
edit- Kernia bifurcotricha A.S.Saxena & Mukerji
- Kernia brachytricha (L.M.Ames) R.K.Benj.
- Kernia cauquensis Calviello
- Kernia columnaris (H.J.Swart) Woudenb. & Samson
- Kernia furcotricha Tandon & Bilgrami
- Kernia geniculotricha Seth
- Kernia hippocrepida Malloch & Cain
- Kernia irregularis Lodha
- Kernia nitida (Sacc.) Nieuwl.
- Kernia ovata (C.Booth) Malloch & Cain
- Kernia pachypleura Malloch & Cain
- Kernia peruviana Udagawa & Furuya
- Kernia retardata Udagawa & T.Muroi
- Kernia setadisperma Locq.-Lin.
References
edit- ^ 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 2009-03-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Kernia Nieuwl". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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