Poeltinula is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Rhizocarpaceae.[1]

Poeltinula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Rhizocarpales
Family: Rhizocarpaceae
Genus: Poeltinula
Hafellner
Type species
Poeltinula cerebrina
(DC.) Hafellner

The genus name of Poeltinula is in honour of Josef Poelt (1924-1995), who was a German-Austrian botanist (Bryology, Mycology and Lichenology) and was Professor of Systematic Botany at the Free University of Berlin in 1965.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Josef Hafellner in Nova Hedwigia Beih. vol.79 on page 330 in 1984.

The genus has 2 accepted species;[3]

Former species P. interjecta (Leight.) Hafellner (1993) is now a synonym of Melaspilea interjecta in the Melaspileaceae family.[3]

References

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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.
  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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Poeltinula - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 13 September 2022.