Asterolibertia Explained

Asterolibertia is a genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family.

The genus name of Asterolibertia is in honour of Marie-Anne Libert (1782-1865), who was a Belgian botanist and mycologist. She was one of the first women plant pathologists.^[1]

Species

Known species;^[2]

• Asterolibertia anisopterae
• Asterolibertia bahiensis
• Asterolibertia bakeri
• Asterolibertia barrinhensis
• Asterolibertia bredemeyerae
• Asterolibertia burchelliae
• Asterolibertia campograndensis
• Asterolibertia couepiae
• Asterolibertia crustacea
• Asterolibertia cryptocaryae
• Asterolibertia flabellariae
• Asterolibertia gibbosa
• Asterolibertia hiiranensis
• Asterolibertia hydnocarpi
• Asterolibertia inaequalis
• Asterolibertia licaniae
• Asterolibertia licaniicola
• Asterolibertia malpighii
• Asterolibertia mangiferae
• Asterolibertia megathyria
• Asterolibertia moquileae
• Asterolibertia myocoproides
• Asterolibertia nothopegiae
• Asterolibertia parinaricola
• Asterolibertia parinarii
• Asterolibertia peruviana
• Asterolibertia pogonophorae
• Asterolibertia randiae
• Asterolibertia santiriae
• Asterolibertia schroeteri
• Asterolibertia spatholobi
• Asterolibertia sporoboli
• Asterolibertia thaxteri
• Asterolibertia ulei
• Asterolibertia vateriae

External links

• Index Fungorum

Notes and References

1. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
2. Web site: Asterolibertia G.Arnaud . www.gbif.org . 22 June 2022 . en.