''Gibberidea'' 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 class
Dothideomycetes
Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class of ascomycete fungi. It comprises 11 orders 90 families, 1,300 genera and over 19,000 known species.
Wijayawardene et al. in 2020 added more orders to the class.
Traditionally, most of it ...
. The relationship of this
taxon
In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and ...
to other taxa within the class is unknown (''
incertae sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
''). The genus was named by German mycologist
Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel
Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel (3 February 1821 – 8 May 1876) was a German botanist who worked largely on fungi.
He worked as an apothecary from 1836 to 1852, afterwards deriving income from a vineyard he owned in Oestrich im Rheingau.< ...
in 1870.
Species
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Gibberidea abutilonis''
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Gibberidea alnicola''
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Gibberidea andina''
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Gibberidea artemisiae''
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Gibberidea cinerea''
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Gibberidea heliopsidis''
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Gibberidea lenarsii''
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Gibberidea obducens''
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Gibberidea ribesia''
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Gibberidea visci''
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Gibberidea zingiberacearum''
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Gibberidea ziziphi''
See also
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List of Dothideomycetes genera ''incertae sedis''
References
Enigmatic Dothideomycetes taxa
Dothideomycetes genera
Taxa named by Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel
Taxa described in 1870
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