Torrendiella is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae. It was circumscribed by Jean Louis Émile Boudier and John Torrey in Bull. Soc. Mycol. France vol.27 on page 133 in 1911, with Torrendiella ciliata as the type species.[2] Several species once placed in this genus were transferred to Hymenotorrendiella in 2014.[3]

Torrendiella
Torrendiella ciliata
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Torrendiella

Boud. & Torr. (1911)
Type species
Torrendiella ciliata
Boud. (1911)
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The genus name of Torrendiella is in honour of Camille Torrend (1875-1961), who was a Portuguese clergyman and mycologist. He was active in France, Portugal, Ireland and Brazil. He was also a professor of botany and phytopathology at the Imperial Agricultural School of Bahia.[4]

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References edit

  1. ^ "Synonymy: Torrendiella Boud. & Torrend". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  2. ^ Boudier JLÉ, Torrend C (1911). "Discomycètes nouveaux de Portugal". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 27 (2): 127–136.
  3. ^ Johnston P, Park D, Baral H-O, Galán R, Platas G, Tena R (2014). "The phylogenetic relationships of Torrendiella and Hymenotorrendiella gen. nov. within the Leotiomycetes". Phytotaxa. 177 (1): 1–25. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.177.1.1.  
  4. ^ 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.