Traversoa is a
genus of
fungi in the
Botryosphaeriaceae family.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Pier Andrea Saccardo,
Hans Sydow
Hans Sydow (29 January 1879 – 6 June 1946) was a German mycologist and the son of mycologist and lichenologist, Paul Sydow (1851–1925).
Career
Hans Sydow worked at the Dresdner Bank in Berlin between 1904 and 1937 rising to divisional mana ...
and
Paul Sydow
Paul Sydow (1 November 1851 in Kallies – 26 February 1925 in Sophienstädt near Ruhlsdorf) was a German mycologist and lichenologist, father of Hans Sydow (1879–1946).
He worked as a schoolmaster in Berlin. With his son, Hans, he authored w ...
in Ann. Mycol. vol.11 on page 317 in 1913.
The genus name of ''Traversoa'' is in honour of
Giovanni Battista Traverso (1878–1955), who was an Italian
mycologist
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and
plant pathologist
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.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum;
* ''
Traversoa dothiorelloides''
Former species;
* ''T. agaves'' = ''
Botryodiplodia agaves'',
Diaporthales family
* ''T. excipuloides'' = ''
Botryodiplodia excipuloides'', Diaporthales
* ''T. excipuloides'' var. ''distans'' = ''
Botryodiplodia excipuloides'', Diaporthales
* ''T. gallicola'' = ''
Botryodiplodia gallicola'', Diaporthales
References
Botryosphaeriales