Kavinia

Kavinia
Kavinia alboviridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Gomphales
Family:
Lentariaceae
Genus:
Kavinia

Pilát (1938)
Type species
Kavinia alboviridis
(Pilát) Pilát (1938)
Species

K. alboviridis
K. himantia
K. globispora
K. salmonea
K. vivantii

Synonyms[1]

Kavinia subgen. Hydnocristella (R.H.Petersen) Boidin & Gilles (2000)

Kavinia is a genus of fungi in the Lentariaceae family. The genus contains five species and has a largely European distribution.[2]

The genus name of Kavinia is in honour of Karel Kavina (1890–1948) was a Czech botanist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Albert Pilát in Stud. Bot. Cech. vol.1 on page 3 in 1938.

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  3. ^ 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.