Lahmia

Not to be confused with the plant order Lamiales and the family Lamiaceae.

Lahmia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Lahmiales
O.E. Erikss.
Family: Lahmiaceae
O.E. Erikss.
Genus: Lahmia
Körb.
Type species
Lahmia kunzei
(Flot.) Körb.
Synonyms[1]
  • Parkerella A. Funk

Lahmia is a genus of fungi in the phylum Ascomycota, or sac fungi. It is the only genus in the family Lahmiaceae and the order Lahmiales .[2][3]

The genus name of Lahmia is in honour of Johann Gottlieb Franz-Xaver Lahm (1811-1888), who was a German clergyman and botanist (Lichenology and Mycology).[4] The genus of Lahmia was circumscribed by Gustav Wilhelm Koerber in Parerga Lichenol on page 281 in 1861.

References

  1. ^ Lahmia in MycoBank.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Eriksson O. (1986). "Lahmia Korber (= Parkerella A. Funk) a misinterpreted genus with isolated position". Mycotaxon. 27: 347–60.
  4. ^ 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.


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