Kernia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Sordariomycetes
Subclass:
Hypocreomycetidae
Order:
Microascales
Family:
Microascaceae
Genus:
Kernia

Nieuwl.
Type species
Kernia nitida
(Sacc.) Nieuwl.

Kernia is a genus of fungi in the family Microascaceae.[1]

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

According to GBIF;[3]

  • 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

  1. ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kernia Nieuwl". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 April 2022.


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