''Strattonia'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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within the
Strattoniaceae family.
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
Raffaele Ciferri in Sydowia vol.8 on page 245 in 1954.
The genus name of ''Strattonia'' is in honour of Robert Stratton (1883–1961), who was an American
botanist
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and
Mycologist
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, Professor of Botany and Plant pathology at the
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College and at the
Agricultural Experiment Station
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in
Stillwater.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum
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;
* ''
Strattonia borealis''
* ''
Strattonia dissimilis''
* ''
Strattonia grandis''
* ''
Strattonia insignis''
* ''
Strattonia mesopotamica''
* ''
Strattonia oblecythiformis''
* ''
Strattonia petrogale''
* ''
Strattonia tetraspora''
* ''
Strattonia zopfii''
Former species;
* ''Strattonia carbonaria'' = ''
Jugulospora carbonaria'',
Neoschizotheciaceae
* ''Strattonia karachiensis'' = ''
Lundqvistomyces karachiensis'',
Schizotheciaceae
* ''Strattonia minor'' = ''
Jugulospora minor'', Neoschizotheciaceae
References
External links
*
Strattonia' at
Index Fungorum
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Lasiosphaeriaceae
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