Lohwagia is a genus of fungi in the family Phyllachoraceae. The genus was described by Austrian-Czech mycologist Franz Petrak in 1942.[1] Lohwagia contains three species: the type L. intermedia, L. kessleriana and L. verruciformis.
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Genus: | Lohwagia Petr. (1942)
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Lohwagia intermedia (Speg.) Petr. (1942)
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The genus name of Lohwagia is in honour of Heinrich Lohwag (1884-1945), who was an Austrian botanist (Mycology), cryptogamen researcher and teacher. He was also the father of botanist and mycologist Kurt Lohwag.[2]
The genus was circumscribed in Bot. Arch. vol.43 on page 205 in 1942.
References
edit- ^ Petrak F. (1942). "Lohwagia gen. nov., eine neue, durch typische Gallenbildung ausgezeichnete Gattung der Pyrenomyceten". Botanisches Archiv (in German). 43: 201–6.
- ^ 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.