Maireella

Maireella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Subdivision:	Pezizomycotina
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	incertae sedis
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Maireella; Syd. & Maire
Type species
	Maireella maculans; Syd.
Species
	M. andina; M. bertioides; M. guianensis; M. maculans; M. melioloides; M. tarrietiae; M. tasmanica

Maireella 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]

The genus name of Maireella is in honour of René Charles Joseph Ernest Maire (1878–1949), who was a French botanist and mycologist.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed in Ann. Mycol. vol.6 on page 145 in 1908.

References

^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
^ 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.