Herteliana

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Herteliana
Herteliana gagei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Herteliana
P.James
Type species
Herteliana taylorii
(Salwey) P. James
Species

H. alaskensis
H. australis
H. gagei

Herteliana is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae.[1]

The genus name of Herteliana is in honour of Hannes Hertel (b.1939), a German botanist (Mycology, Lichenology and Bryology), Taxonomist, Curator of Lichenes/Bryophytes and Director of the Botanische Staatssammlung München.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Peter Wilfrid James in Lichenologist vol.12 on pages 106, 110-111 in 1980.

Species accepted by GBIF include;[3]

  • Herteliana australis Fryday
  • Herteliana gagei (Sm.) J.R.Laundon
  • Herteliana schuyleriana Lendemer

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. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  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. ^ "Herteliana P.James". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 4 April 2022.