''Berkleasmium'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family ''
Dematiaceae''.
The genus name of ''Berkleasmium'' is in honour of 2 people (Berkley and Lea),
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Miles Joseph Berkeley (1 April 1803 – 30 July 1889) was an English cryptogamist and clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of plant pathology.
Life
Berkeley was born at Biggin Hall, Benefield, Northamptonshire, and educated at ...
(1803 - 1889), an English
cryptogamist and clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of
plant pathology
Plant pathology or phytopathology is the scientific study of plant diseases caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Plant pathology involves the study of pathogen identification, disease ...
and also
Thomas Gibson Lea
Thomas Gibson Lea (December 14, 1785 – September 30, 1844) was an American botanist who was born in Wilmington, Delaware. He was the older brother of the publisher, Isaac Lea and the younger brother of John Lea (1782 – 1862), who is known for ...
(1785–1844), who was an American
botanist
Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by Johann Baptista Zobel in Icon. (Corda) vol.6 n page 4 in 1854.
Species
* ''
Berkleasmium crunisia''
* ''
Berkleasmium micronesicum''
* ''
Berkleasmium nigroapicale''
* ''
Berkleasmium phyllostachydis''
* ''Berkleasmium sp. BCC 17003''
* ''Berkleasmium sp. BCC 17023''
* ''Berkleasmium sp. BCC 17024''
* ''Berkleasmium sp. Dzf12''
* ''
Berkleasmium typhae''
References
Hypocreales genera
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