Koerberia

Koerberia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Koerberiaceae
Genus: Koerberia
A.Massal. (1854)
Type species
Koerberia biformis
A.Massal. (1854)

Koerberia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Koerberiaceae.[1]

The genus name of Koerberia is in honour of Gustav Wilhelm Körber (1817–1885), who was a German lichenologist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in Geneacaena vol.4 on page 6 in 1854.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wijayawardene et al. 2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.