Colensoniella is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).[1] A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Colensoniella torulispora.

Colensoniella
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Colensoniella

Hafellner
Type species
Colensoniella torulispora
(W. Phillips) Hafellner

The genus name of Colensoniella is in honour of A. Colenso, the plant collector of the plant in New Zealand.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Josef Hafellner in Beih. Nova Hedwigia Vol.62 on page 160 in 1979.

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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. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. ^ 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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