Harknessiella Explained

Harknessiella is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).^[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Harknessiella purpurea.

It was named after Harvey Willson “H.W.” Harkness.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Syll. Fung. vol.8 on page 845 in 1889.

See also

• List of Dothideomycetes genera incertae sedis

Notes and References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. . December 2007 . Outline of Ascomycota – 2007 . Myconet . 13 . 1–58 . The Field Museum, Department of Botany . Chicago, USA .
2. Daniel . Thomas F. . One Hundred and Fifty Years of Botany at the California Academy of Sciences (1853–2003) . Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences . Series 4. 2008 . 59 . 7 . 215–305.