Topelia is a genus of fungi within the family Stictidaceae.[1]

Topelia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Ostropales
Family: Stictidaceae
Genus: Topelia
P.M. Jørg. & Vèzda
Type species
Topelia rosea
(Servít) P.M. Jørg. & Vězda

The genus name of Topelia is an anagram in honour of Josef Poelt (1924-1995), who was a German-Austrian botanist (Bryology, Mycology and Lichenology) and was Professor of Systematic Botany at the Free University of Berlin in 1965.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Per Magnus Jørgensen and Antonin Vězda in Nova Hedwigia Beih. vol.79 on page 502 in 1984.

Species edit

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[3]

  • Topelia aperiens P.M. Jørg. & Vězda (1984)
  • Topelia argentinensis Aptroot, L.I. Ferraro & M. Cáceres (2015)
  • Topelia brittonii (Riddle) H. Mayrhofer (1987)
  • Topelia californica P.M. Jørg. & Vězda (1984)
  • Topelia gyalectodes (Nyl.) B.D. Ryan & Lumbsch (2007)
  • Topelia heterospora (Zahlbr.) P.M. Jørg. & Vězda (1984)
  • Topelia jasonhurii Lőkös, Farkas & S.Y. Kondr. (2013)
  • Topelia loekoesiana S.Y. Kondr., J.-J. Woo & Hur (2018)
  • Topelia nimisiana Tretiach & Vězda (1992)
  • Topelia rosea (Servít) P.M. Jørg. & Vězda (1984)
  • Topelia tetraspora Aptroot & M. Cáceres (2015)

References edit

  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Topelia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 13 September 2022.