Ligniera

Ligniera
Ligniera junci
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Endomyxa
Class: Phytomyxea
Order: Plasmodiophorida
Family: Plasmodiophoridae
Genus: Ligniera
Maire & A. Tison 1911[1][2][3]
Species
Synonyms
  • Anisomyxa Němec 1913[2]
  • Rhizomyxa Borzí 1884[2]
  • Sorolpidium Němec 1911

Ligniera is a protist genus of the family Plasmodiophoraceae.[2][4]

The genus name of Ligniera is in honour of Élie Antoine Octave Lignier (1855–1916), who was a French botanist, known for his work in the field of paleobotany.[5]

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  3. ^ "Ligniera". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ^ Dick, M. W. (2013). Straminipilous Fungi: Systematics of the Peronosporomycetes Including Accounts of the Marine Straminipilous Protists, the Plasmodiophorids and Similar Organisms. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9789401597333.
  5. ^ 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.