''Seynesia'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the family
Cainiaceae.
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. Fungorum vol.2 on page 668 in 1883.
The genus name of ''Seynesia'' is in honour of Jules de Seynes (1833–1912), who was a French physician,
botanist
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and
mycologist
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, and Professor of Natural history at the Medical faculty within the
University of Paris
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. He previously also was at the
University of Montpellier
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.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (Binomial nomenclature, scientific names) in the fungus Kingdom (biology), kingdom. As of 2015, the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partn ...
;
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Seynesia apuleiae''
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Seynesia araucariae''
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Seynesia banksiae''
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Seynesia brosimicola''
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Seynesia calamicola''
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Seynesia circinans''
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Seynesia coccoidea''
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Seynesia cordiae''
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Seynesia costaricensis''
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Seynesia cynanchi''
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Seynesia echitis''
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Seynesia elegantula''
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Seynesia ficina''
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Seynesia fuscoparaphysata''
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Seynesia juruana''
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Seynesia licaniae''
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Seynesia livistonae''
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Seynesia hammariana''
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Seynesia heteropteridis''
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Seynesia megas''
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Seynesia melaleucae''
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Seynesia nobilis''
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Seynesia oleae''
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Seynesia palmicola''
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Seynesia petiolicola''
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Seynesia santanderiana''
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Seynesia scutellum''
Former species;
* ''S. alstoniae'' = ''
Arnaudiella alstoniae'' Ascomycota
* ''S. asterinoides'' = ''
Prillieuxina asterinoides
''Prillieuxina'' is a genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (''incertae sedis''), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any order.
The genus name of ''Pri ...
''
Asterinaceae
The Asterinaceae are a family of fungi in the class Asterinales.
Genera
This is a list of the genera in the Asterinaceae, based on a 2021 review and summary of fungal classification by Wijayawardene and colleagues. Following the genus name is th ...
* ''S. atkinsonii'' = ''
Kirschsteiniothelia atkinsonii''
Kirschsteiniotheliaceae
* ''S. australis'' = ''
Asterostomella australis'' Asterinaceae
* ''S. balansae'' = ''
Asterina balansae'' Asterinaceae
* ''S. brachystoma'' = ''
Parasterina brachystoma'' Asterinaceae
* ''S. brasiliensis'' = ''
Opasterinella brasiliensis''
Microthyriaceae
The Microthyriaceae are a family of fungi with an uncertain taxonomic placement in the class Dothideomycetes.
List of Genera
The following genera are included within the Microthyriaceae, according to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota there were ...
* ''S. caronae'' = ''
Pycnoseynesia caronae'' Ascomycota
* ''S. chilensis'' = ''
Seynesiola chilensis'' Microthyriaceae
* ''S. clavispora'' = ''
Prillieuxina clavispora'' Asterinaceae
* ''S. coccolobae'' = ''
Cocconia coccolobae''
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 ...
* ''S. drimydis'' = ''
Leveillella drimydis'' Asterinaceae
* ''S. epidendri'' = ''
Asterinella epidendri'' Microthyriaceae
* ''S. erumpens'' = ''
Astrosphaeriella erumpens''
Astrosphaeriellaceae
* ''S. eugeniae'' = ''
Ferrarisia eugeniae'' Parmulariaceae
* ''S. grandis'' = ''
Palawania grandis''
Palawaniaceae
* ''S. guaranitica'' = ''
Asterina guaranitica'' Asterinaceae
* ''S. humiriae'' = ''
Prillieuxina humiriae'' Asterinaceae
* ''S. ilicina'' = ''
Dimerium ilicinum'' Parodiopsidaceae
* ''S. iochromatis'' = ''
Cyclotheca iochromatis'' Microthyriaceae
* ''S. ipomoeae'' = ''
Ferrarisia ipomoeae'' Parmulariaceae
* ''S. juniperi'' = ''
Seynesiella juniperi'' Microthyriaceae
* ''S. marmellensis'' = ''
Asterina marmellensis'' Asterinaceae
* ''S. megas'' var. ''macrospora'' = ''Seynesia megas''
* ''S. melastomataceae'' = ''
Asterina melastomatacearum'' Asterinaceae
* ''S. microthyrioides'' = ''
Phaeothyriolum microthyrioides
''Phaeothyriolum'' is a genus of fungi in the Microthyriaceae family.
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;
* ''Phaeothyriolum amygdalinum''
* ''Phaeothyriolum corymbiae''
* ''Phaeothyriolum dunnii''
* ''Phaeothyriolum eucalyptinum''
* ''P ...
'' Microthyriaceae
* ''S. montana'' = ''
Trichopeltella montana'' Microthyriaceae
* ''S. nebulosa'' = ''
Microthyrium nebulosum
''Microthyrium'' is a genus of fungi in the Microthyriaceae family.
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;
* '' Microthyrium aberrans''
* '' Microthyrium abnorme''
* '' Microthyrium acaciae''
* '' Microthyrium annuliforme''
* '' Microthyri ...
'' Microthyriaceae
* ''S. orbiculata'' = ''
Palawaniella orbiculata'' Parmulariaceae
* ''S. palustris'' = ''
Ceriophora palustris'' Amphisphaeriaceae
* ''S. polystachyae'' = ''
Arnaudiella polystachyae'' Ascomycota
* ''S. schroeteri'' = ''
Asterolibertia schroeteri'' Asterinaceae
* ''S. serrulata'' = ''
Roussoella serrulata''
Roussoellaceae
* ''S. submegas'' = ''
Asterina submegas'' Asterinaceae
References
External links
Index Fungorum
Xylariales
Taxa named by Pier Andrea Saccardo
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