Zoellneria 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 family
Sclerotiniaceae
The Sclerotiniaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Helotiales. Many species in this family are plant pathogens.
Genera
* ''Asterocalyx''
* ''Botryotinia''
* ''Botrytis (fungus), Botrytis''
* ''Ciboria''
* ''Ciborinia''
* ...
.
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
Josef Velenovský
Josef Velenovský (22 April 1858 – 7 May 1949) was a Czech botanist, mycologist, pteridologist, and bryologist. He also worked with fossils. He was a research investigator and professor in the Botanical Institute of the University of Prague, ...
in Monogr. Discom. Bohem. on page 298 in 1934.
The genus name of ''Zoellneria'' is in honour of
Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner
Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (8 November 1834, Berlin25 April 1882, Leipzig) was a German astrophysicist who studied optical illusions. He was also an early Parapsychology, psychical investigator.
Biography
From 1872 he held the chair of astro ...
(1834–1882), who was a German
astrophysicist who studied
optical illusion
In visual perception, an optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is an illusion caused by the visual system and characterized by a visual perception, percept that arguably appears to differ from reality. Illusions come in a wide varie ...
s. He was also an early
psychical investigator
Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, teleportation, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis), and psychometry) and other paranormal claims, for example, those r ...
.
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 ...
;
* ''
Zoellneria acerum''
* ''
Zoellneria callochaetes''
* ''
Zoellneria rosarum''
Former species;
* ''Z. clelandii'' = ''
Hymenotorrendiella clelandii'',
Helotiaceae
The Helotiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Helotiales. The distribution of species in the family are widespread, and typically found in tropical areas. There are 117 genera and 826 species in the family.
A question mark after the genu ...
family
* ''Z. eucalypti'' = ''
Hymenotorrendiella eucalypti'', Helotiaceae
* ''Z. madsenii'' = ''
Hymenotorrendiella madsenii'', Helotiaceae
References
External links
Index Fungorum
Sclerotiniaceae
Taxa named by Josef Velenovský
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