Gibberella

Translingual

Etymology

Pier Andrea Saccardo named the genus "Gibberella" because of the hump (Latin gibbera) on the fungal perithecium.

Proper noun

Gibberella f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nectriaceae – certain fungi, now in Fusarium.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Ascomycota – phylum; Pezizomycotina – subphylum; Sordariomycetes – class; Hypocreales - order; Nectriaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Gibberella pulicaris - type species

References

• Gibberella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gibberella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Gibberella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gibberella at MycoBank
• GIBBERELLA FROM A (VENACEAE) TO Z' (EAE), by Anne E. Desjardins; originally published in Annual Review of Phytopathology, 2003. 41:177–98; doi:10.1146/annurev.phyto.41.011703.115501