Jamesiella is a genus of fungi in the family Gomphillaceae.[2] It was circumscribed by Robert Lücking, Emmanuël Sérusiaux and Antonín Vězda in 2005. The genus name honours Peter Wilfred James, an English botanist who worked at the Natural History Museum, London.[3] The type species of the genus, Jamesiella anastomosans, is now classified in the genus Gyalideopsis.

Jamesiella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Graphidales
Family: Gomphillaceae
Genus: Jamesiella
Lücking, Sérus. & Vězda (2005)[1]
Type species
Jamesiella anastomosans
(P.James & Vězda) Lücking, Sérus. & Vězda (2005)
Species

J. anastomosans
J. chaverriae
J. dacryoidea
J. perlucida

Species

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As of July 2024, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts four species of Jamesiella:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Lücking R, Sérusiaux E, Vezda A (2005). "Phylogeny and systematics of the lichen family Gomphillaceae (Ostropales) inferred from cladistic analysis of phenotype data" (PDF). The Lichenologist. 37 (2): 123–170. doi:10.1017/s0024282905014660.
  2. ^ a b "Jamesiella". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  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.