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Pseudocercospora
Sign in to savePseudocercospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi. An anamorphic version of the genus Mycosphaerella, Pseudocercospora species are plant pathogens, including the causal agent of the so-called South American leaf blight of the rubber tree. The widely distributed genus is concentrated predominantly in tropical regions. Pseudocercospora was circumscribed by Italian-Argentinian botanist Carlos Luigi Spegazzini in 1910.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassDothideomycetes
- OrderMycosphaerellales
- FamilyMycosphaerellaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Mycosphaerellaceae
- Collections
- ISC, BPI, CEPLAC, CUP, UFV, NY
- Recorded in
- United States, Puerto Rico, Brasil, Guatemala, Mexico, Japan, South Africa, Venezuela
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mycosphaerellaceae
- Image
- Pseudocercospora J2 (1).jpg
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- Category:Pseudocercospora
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- Pseudocercospora
- taxon name
- Pseudocercospora
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Pseudocercospora vitis
- taxon author citation
- Speg.
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Pseudocercospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi. An anamorphic version of the genus Mycosphaerella, Pseudocercospora species are plant pathogens, including the causal agent of the so-called South American leaf blight of the rubber tree. The widely distributed genus is concentrated predominantly in tropical regions. Pseudocercospora was circumscribed by Italian-Argentinian botanist Carlos Luigi Spegazzini in 1910.
==Species== , the GBIF lists up to 1,540 species, while Species Fungorum lists about 1,517 species (out of 1,660 records). Over 1000 species are accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020.
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