Seaverinia

Seaverinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Ascomycetes
Order:	Helotiales
Family:	Sclerotiniaceae
Genus:	Seaverinia; Whetzel
Type species
	Seaverinia geranii; (Seaver & W.T. Horne) Whetzel
Synonyms
	Sclerotinia geranii Seaver & W.T. Horne, Mem. Torrey bot. Club 17: 205 (1918)

Seaverinia is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae.^[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Seaverinia geranii.

The genus was circumscribed by Herbert Hice Whetzel in Mycologia vol.37 (6) on page 703 in 1945.^[2]

The genus name of Seaverinia is in honour of Fred Jay Seaver (1877–1970), who was an American mycologist.^[3]

References

^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
^ "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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[1] Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.

[2] "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

[3] Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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