Jafnea is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Richard Korf in 1960.[1]
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Genus: | Jafnea Korf (1960)
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Jafnea fusicarpa (W.R.Gerard) Korf (1960)
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The genus name of Jafnea is in honour of Johan Axel Frithiof Nannfeldt (1904–1985), who was a Swedish botanist and mycologist.[2]
References
edit- ^ Korf R. (1960). "Jafnea, a new genus of the Pezizaceae". Nagaoa. 7: 3–8.
- ^ 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.