Karstenia Explained

Karstenia is a genus of fungi in the order Rhytismatales. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.

The genus name of Karstenia is in honour of Petter Adolf Karsten (1834–1917), who was a Finnish born mycologist.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. vol.2 (issue 6) on page 166 in 1885.

Species

• Karstenia clematidis (W.Phillips) Sherwood 1980 – Great Britain
• Karstenia corticoides (Pat.) Sherwood 1977
• Karstenia gregaria Graddon 1986 – Great Britain
• Karstenia idaei (Fuckel) Sherwood 1977
• Karstenia inconspicua Wilberf. 1999
• Karstenia lonicerae (Velen.) Sherwood 1977
• Karstenia macer (P.Karst.) Sherwood 1980
• Karstenia maydis (Rehm) Sherwood 1980
• Karstenia rubicola (Ellis & Dearn.) Sherwood 1980
• Karstenia sorbina (P.Karst.) P.Karst. 1885

Notes and References

1. 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 . January 27, 2022.