''Seynesiopeltis'' 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
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 ...
family. This is a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
genus, containing the single species ''Seynesiopeltis tetraplasandrae'' .
The genus was
circumscribed by
Frank Lincoln Stevens and
Ruth Winifred Ryan in Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. vol.19 on page 69 in 1925.
The genus name of ''Seynesiopeltis'' is in honour of Jules de Seynes (1833–1912), who was a French physician,
botanist
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and
mycologist, and Professor of Natural history at the Medical faculty within the
University of Paris
The University of Paris (), known Metonymy, metonymically as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated wit ...
. He previously also was at the
University of Montpellier.
References
External links
Index Fungorum
Microthyriales
Monotypic Dothideomycetes genera
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