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Taxon: Genus Lycoperdon Pers. (1794), nom. sanct. - puffball (fungus)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C.H. Persoon, 1794 : Persoon, 1801
Original name:  Persoon, C.H. 1794. Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 1: 4.

Attributes

Sanctioned name (nom. sanct.: ":") [ICBN/ICN, 2019: Rec. F.3A.1] Ref: Persoon, 1801. Syn. Meth. Fungorum, 31 Dec 1801: 140.

Types

Type of: Lycoperdaceae (Family) Chevall. (1826)
Type: Lycoperdon perlatum Pers. (1801) Ref: Index Fungorum, present: 3 Jan 2014.

Homonyms

Senior unavailable homonym: Lycoperdon (Genus) Tourn. ex L. (1753) Ref: E.R. Farr & G. Zijlstra (eds.), 1996-present: 9 Feb 1996.

Synonyms

Senior synonym: Sufa (Genus) Adans. (1763) Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2001: 612.
Junior synonym: Capillaria (Genus) Velen. (1947) Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2001: 612.
Junior synonym: Cerophora (Genus) Raf. (1814) Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2001: 612.
Junior synonym: Priapus (Genus) Raf. (1808) Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2001: 612.
Junior synonym: Utraria (Genus) Quél. (1873) Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2001: 612.
Synonymous name: Bovistella (Genus) Morgan (1892) Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 123.
Synonymous name: Calvatiella (Genus) C.H. Chow (1936) Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 123.
Synonymous name: Capillaria (Genus) Velen. (1947) Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 123.
Synonymous name: Cerophora (Genus) Raf. (1814) Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 123.
Synonymous name: Handkea (Genus) Kreisel (1989) Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 123.
Synonymous name: Lycoperdon subg. Utraria (Subgenus) (Quélet) Jeppson & E. Larss. (2007) Ref: IMA: 31 Jul 2019.
Synonymous name: Priapus (Genus) Raf. (1808) Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 123.
Synonymous name: Sufa (Genus) Adans. (1763) Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 123.
Synonymous name: Utraria (Genus) Quél. (1873) Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 123.
Synonymous name: Vascellum (Genus) F. Šmarda (1958) Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 123.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: stuifzwam

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: puffball Ref: M.-Q. He et al., 2019: 230.
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