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Rhizopus Ehrenb., 1821

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS

Classification

kingdom
Fungi
phylum
Mucoromycota
class
Mucoromycetes
order
Mucorales
family
Rhizopodaceae
genus
Rhizopus

Name

Synonyms
Crinofera Nieuwland, 1916
Mucor P.Micheli ex E.M.Fries, 1832
Pilophora F.G.Wallroth, 1833
Homonyms
Rhizopus Ehrenb., 1821
Common names
Løbenål in Danish
Løbenål in Danish
Rhizopus-Schimmelpilz in German
Rhizopus-Schimmelpilz in German
Rizopi in Latvian
klättermögel (släktet) in Swedish
klättermögelsläktet in Swedish
kropidlovec in Czech
krypemuggsopper in Norwegian Bokmål
Šaknuolis in Lithuanian
Ризопус in Russian
クモノスカビ属 in Japanese
根霉屬 in Chinese
klättermögelsläktet in Swedish
krypemuggsopper in Norwegian Bokmål
klättermögel (släktet) in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Abe, Asano & Sone (2010) A molecular phylogeny-based taxonomy of the genus Rhizopus.
  2. Benny, Humber & Voigt (2014) Zygomycetous Fungi: Phylum Entomophthoromycota and Subphyla Kickxellomycotina, Mortierellomycotina, Mucoromycotina, and Zoopagomycotina
  3. Clipson, N.; Landy, E.; Otte, M. (2001). Fungi, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 15-19
  4. Ehrenberg (1820) De mycetogenesi as Acad. C. L.C. N. C. praesidem Epistola
  5. Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Marine & Estuarine Fungi (Eumycota) Check-list (including Scandinavian maritime Lichens & a small appended list of Scandinavian maritime Bryophyta (Comp.). <em>Internet Ed.</em>
  6. Index Fungorum Partnership (2017) Index fungorum
  7. Index fungorum
  8. Jayasiri (2023) The Faces of Fungi database: fungal names linked with morphology, phylogeny and human impacts
  9. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  10. Lundqvist & Persson (1987) Svenska svampnamn
  11. Namnkommittén för svampar (2023) Taxon- och namnuppdateringar för svampar, 2023
  12. Robert, Stegehuis & Stalpers (2025) The MycoBank engine and related databases
  13. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew represented by the Mycology Section & al. (2025) Index Fungorum
  14. Watanabe (1994) Pictorial Atlas of Soil and Seed Fungi. Morphologies of Cultured Fungi and Key to Species
  15. Wijayawardene & al. (2025) Outline of Fungi
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