Jahnula is a genus of aquatic fungi in the family Aliquandostipitaceae.[1] The genus was first named by Wilhelm Kirschstein in 1936.[2]

Jahnula
J. purpurea
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Jahnula

Kirschst. (1936)
Type species
Jahnula aquatica
(Plöttn. & Kirschst.) Kirschst. (1936)

The genus name of Jahnula is in honour of Eduard Adolf Wilhelm Jahn (1871–1942), German botanist (Mycology) and teacher in Berlin.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Wilhelm Kirschstein in Ann. Mycol. vol.34 on page 196 in 1936.

Species

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There are about 15 species;[4]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Kirschstein W. (1936). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ascomyceten und ihrer Nebenformen besonders aus der Mark Brandenburg und dem Bayerischen Walde". Annales Mycologici (in German). 34: 180–210.
  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.
  4. ^ "Jahnula Kirschst". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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