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Macrophomina
Sign in to saveMacrophomina is a genus of plant pathogens in the fungus family Botryosphaeriaceae, originally described by Franz Petrak in 1923. It contains at least 5 species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassDothideomycetes
- OrderBotryosphaeriales
- FamilyBotryosphaeriaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 13
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Botryosphaeriaceae
- Collections
- BPI, UFV, CUP, UFPE
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Brasil, ?
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Botryosphaeriaceae
- Image
- Macrophomina phaseolina.jpg
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- Macrophomina
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- Macrophomina
- taxon author citation
- Petr.
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Macrophomina is a genus of plant pathogens in the fungus family Botryosphaeriaceae, originally described by Franz Petrak in 1923. It contains at least 5 species.
The type species was originally called M. philippinensis, but its current name is Macrophomina phaseolina; it causes charcoal rot disease on many diverse plant species. The former species Macrophomina limbalis has been renamed to Dothiorella limbalis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Macrophomina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.