Frommeella
Frommeella (Frommeëlla) is a genus of rust fungi in the family Phragmidiaceae. The widespread genus contains two species.[2]
| Frommeella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Pucciniales |
| Family: | Phragmidiaceae |
| Genus: | Frommeella Cummins & Y.Hirats. (1983) |
| Type species | |
| Frommeella tormentillae | |
| Species | |
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Frommeella mexicana | |
The genus name of Frommeella is in honour of Fred Denton Fromme (1886 - 1966), who was an American botanist (Mycology) and Professor of Botany at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by George Baker Cummins and Yasuyuki Hiratsuka in Ill. Gen. Rust Fungi, rev. ed., Vol.120 on page 151 in 1983.
References
- Cummins GB, Hiratsuka Y (1983). Illustrated Genera of Rust Fungi (2nd ed.). p. 120. ISBN 0-89054-058-6.
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- 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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