Finkia is a genus of fungi within the family Lichinaceae.[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Finkia portoricensis. It is found in Puerto Rico.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lichinomycetes |
| Order: | Lichinales |
| Family: | Lichinaceae |
| Genus: | Finkia Vain. |
| Type species | |
| Finkia portoricensis Vain.
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The genus name of Finkia is in honour of Bruce Fink (1861 – 1927), who was a prominent American lichenologist.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Edvard August Vainio in Mycologia Vol.21 on page 34 in 1929.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Finkia portoricensis Vain". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 March 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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