''Cocconia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Parmulariaceae
The Parmulariaceae are a family of fungi with an uncertain taxonomic placement in the class Dothideomycetes.
Genera
According to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, the following 34 genera are within the Parmulariaceae; the placement of '' Hemigr ...
.
The genus name of ''Cocconia'' is in honour of Girolamo Cocconi (1822-1904), an Italian teacher, botanist and professor from the
University of Bologna
The University of Bologna (, abbreviated Unibo) is a Public university, public research university in Bologna, Italy. Teaching began around 1088, with the university becoming organised as guilds of students () by the late 12th century. It is the ...
.
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
Pier Andrea Saccardo
Pier Andrea Saccardo (23 April 1845 in Treviso, Province of Treviso, Treviso – 12 February 1920 in Padua, Italy, Padua) was an Italian botany, botanist and mycology, mycologist. His multi-volume ''Sylloge Fungorum'' was one of the first attempt ...
in Syll. Fung. Vol.8 on page 738 in 1889.
Species
*''Cocconia aliena''
*''Cocconia astrocaryi''
*''Cocconia banisteriae''
*''Cocconia capensis''
*''Cocconia coccolobae''
*''Cocconia concentrica''
*''Cocconia connari''
*''Cocconia discoidea''
*''Cocconia guatteriae''
*''Cocconia halleriae''
*''Cocconia lacarangae''
*''Cocconia macarangae''
*''Cocconia machaerii''
*''Cocconia miconiae''
*''Cocconia placenta''
*''Cocconia porrigo''
*''Cocconia sparsa''
*''Cocconia spurcaria''
*''Cocconia styracis''
*''Cocconia xylopiae''
References
External links
*
Cocconia' at
Index Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (scientific names) in the fungus kingdom. As of 2015, the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partners along with Landcare Research and th ...
Parmulariaceae
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