''Englerodothis'' 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 ...

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 was circumscribed in Ann. Mycol. Vol.13 on page 285 in 1915 by Ferdinand Theissen and Hans Sydow. The genus name of ''Englerodothis'' is in honour of

Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (25 March 1844 – 10 October 1930) was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography, such as ''Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'' (''The Natural Plant Families''), edited with ...

(1844 – 1930), who was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and

phytogeography Phytogeography (from Greek φυτόν, ''phytón'' = "plant" and γεωγραφία, ''geographía'' = "geography" meaning also distribution) or botanical geography is the branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution ...

References

Parmulariaceae Taxa described in 1915 Taxa named by Ferdinand Theissen Taxa named by Hans Sydow Dothideomycetes genera {{Dothideomycetes-stub