Schweinitziella

Schweinitziella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Trichosphaeriales
Family:	Trichosphaeriaceae
Genus:	Schweinitziella Speg. (1888)
Type species
Schweinitziella styracum Speg. (1888)

Schweinitziella is a genus of fungi in the family Trichosphaeriaceae.[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Carlos Luis Spegazzini in Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. vol.26 on page 45 in 1888.

The genus name of Schweinitziella is in honour of Lewis David de Schweinitz (1780–1834), who was a German-American botanist and mycologist. He is considered by some the "Father of North American Mycology".[2]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[3]

• Schweinitziella mirabilis (Petr. & Cif.) Petr. (1958)
• Schweinitziella palmigena F. Stevens (1927)
• Schweinitziella perpusilla (Speg.) Piroz. (1977)
• Schweinitziella styracum Speg. (1888)

References

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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
3. "Schweinitziella - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 22 October 2022.