Octaviania Explained
Octaviania is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the family Boletaceae. The widespread genus is estimated to contain 15 species.
The genus name honours of Vicenzo Ottaviani (1790–1853), an Italian doctor and mycologist and Professor of Medicine and Botany at University of Camerino.[1]
The genus was circumscribed by Carlo Vittadini in 1831.
Species
, Species Fungorum (via the Catalogue of Life database) accepts 48 species of Octaviana.
- Octaviania aculeatospora
- Octaviania arbucalensis
- Octaviania archeri
- Octaviania asahimontana
- Octaviania asterosperma
- Ottaviania aurea
- Octaviania borneensis
- Octaviania brisbanensis
- Octaviania celatifilia
- Octaviania ciqroensis
- Octaviania cyanescens
- Octaviania decimae
- Octaviania depauperata
- Octaviania durianelloides
- Octaviania etchuensis
- Octaviania foetens
- Octaviania galatheia
- Octaviania glabra
- Octaviania hesperi
- Octaviania hinsbyi
- Octaviania japonimontana
- Octaviania kobayasii
- Octaviania lamingtonensis
- Octaviania levispora
- Octaviania longiana
- Octaviania macrospora
- Octaviania malaiensis
- Octaviania moravica
- Octaviania mortae
- Octaviania nigrescens
- Octaviania nonae
- Octaviania odoratissima
- Octaviania olida
- Octaviania pallida
- Octaviania picea
- Octaviania plena
- Octaviania radicans
- Octaviania radicata
- Octaviania sarcomelas
- Octaviania soderstromii
- Octaviania stillingerii
- Octaviania tasmanica
- Octaviania vacekii
- Octaviania yaeyamaensis
- Octaviania zelleri
Notes and References
- 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 . 246307410 . January 27, 2022.
