''Ferrarisia'' 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 ''Ferrarisia'' is in honour of Teodoro Ferraris (1874–1943), who was an Italian botanist, Professor of Botany and Plantpathologist in
Alba
''Alba'' ( , ) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is also, in English-language historiography, used to refer to the polity of Picts and Scots united in the ninth century as the Kingdom of Alba, until it developed into the Kingd ...
in 1909.
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 Atti Accad. Veneto-Trent. series 3, Vol.10 on page 61 in 1919.
Species
*''Ferrarisia apiahyna''
*''Ferrarisia capparis''
*''Ferrarisia eugeniae''
*''Ferrarisia ipomoeae''
*''Ferrarisia jasmini''
*''Ferrarisia litseae''
*''Ferrarisia pamellisiae''
*''Ferrarisia pavettae''
*''Ferrarisia philippina''
*''Ferrarisia quercina''
References
External links
*
Ferrarisia' 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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