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Jahnula

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

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Jahnula
J. purpurea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Jahnulales
Family: Aliquandostipitaceae
Genus: Jahnula
Kirschst. (1936)
Type species
Jahnula aquatica
(Plöttn. & Kirschst.) Kirschst. (1936)

Jahnula is a genus of aquatic fungi in the family Aliquandostipitaceae.1 The genus was first named by Wilhelm Kirschstein in 1936.2

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

There are about 15 species;4

  • Jahnula apiospora
  • Jahnula appendiculata
  • Jahnula aquatica
  • Jahnula australiensis
  • Jahnula bipileata
  • Jahnula bipolaris
  • Jahnula granulosa
  • Jahnula morakotii
  • Jahnula poonythii
  • Jahnula potamophila
  • Jahnula purpurea
  • Jahnula rostrata
  • Jahnula sangamonensis
  • Jahnula seychellensis
  • Jahnula siamensis
  • Jahnula systyla
References

References

  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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