Resendea

Resendea is a genus of fungi in the Microthyriaceae family; according to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, the placement in this family is uncertain.^[1]

Resendea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Subclass:	Dothideomycetidae
Order:	Microthyriales
Family:	Microthyriaceae
Genus:	Resendea Bat.
Type species
Resendea paraguayensis Bat.

The genus name of Resendea is in honour of Flávio (Ferreira) Pinto de Resende (1907–1967), who was a Portuguese botanist, Professor of Botany at the University of Lisbon and also director of the University’s Botanical Garden.^[2][3]

The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista in Brotéria Sér. Ci. Nat. vol.30 (Series 3-4) on page 87 in 1961.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[4]

• Resendea cratevae Bat. (1961)
• Resendea paraguayensis Bat. (1961)

References

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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
3. "Flávio Resende - The Genus Haworthia". www.haworthia.com. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
4. "Resendea - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

External links

• Index Fungorum