Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Saccharomycotina
Classis: Saccharomycetes
Ordo: Saccharomycetales
Familia: Metschnikowiaceae
Genera: Aciculoconidium – Clavispora – Kodamaea – Metschnikowia
Name
Metschnikowiaceae Kamienski ex Doweld, Index Fungorum 33: 1. 16 Dec 2013, nom. cons.
Synonyms
Torulopsidaceae Ciferri, Atti Ist. Bot. Univ. Pavia, Ser. 3, 2: 143. Dec 1925, nom. rej.
"Metschnikowiaceae" Kamienski, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Obshch. Estestvoisp., Vyp. 1, Protok. Zased. 30(1, 8): 345 (1900), nom. nud. & ranked as a group [unranked suprageneric entity]
References
Doweld, A.B. 2013. Nomenclatural novelties: Hyphopichiaceae Doweld, fam.nov., Metschnikowiaceae Kamienski ex Doweld, fam.nov. Index fungorum (33): 1. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Doweld, A.B. 2015. (2394–2395) Proposals to conserve the names Metschnikowiaceae against Nectaromycetaceae and Torulopsidaceae and Metschnikowia against Torulopsis (Fungi: Ascomycota: Saccharomycetes). Taxon 64(6): 1314–1316. DOI: 10.12705/646.17 Reference page.
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The Metschnikowiaceae are a family of yeasts in the order Saccharomycetales that reproduce by budding. It contains the genera Clavispora and Metschnikowia. Species in the family have a widespread distribution, especially in tropical areas.[1]
References
Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. pp. 212–13. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
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