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Colletotrichum axonopodis(COLLVX)

Overview

Data shown below are extracted from EPPO Global Database
https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/COLLVX
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Basic information
  • EPPO code: COLLVX
  • Preferred name: Colletotrichum axonopodis
  • Authority: J.A. Crouch, B.B. Clarke, J.F. White & B.I. Hillman

Other scientific names
Name Authority
Colletotrichum axonopodi J.A. Crouch, B.B. Clarke, J.F. White & B.I. Hillman

Taxonomy
Kingdom Fungi ( 1FUNGK )
Phylum Ascomycota ( 1ASCOP )
Subphylum Pezizomycotina ( 1PEZIQ )
Class Sordariomycetes ( 1SORDC )
Subclass Hypocreomycetidae ( 1HYPRL )
Order Glomerellales ( 1GLOAO )
Family Glomerellaceae ( 1GLOMF )
Genus Colletotrichum ( 1COLLG )
Species Colletotrichum axonopodis ( COLLVX )

Notes from the curator

Species complex: graminicola // Reference: 1. Crouch JA, Clarke BB, White JF, Hillman BI. 2009. Systematic analysis of the falcate-spored graminicolous Colletotrichum and a description of six new species from warm season grasses. Mycologia 101:717–732. 2. Zhang W, Damm U, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Niu X, Lin J, Li Y. 2020. Anthracnose disease of carpetgrass (Axonopus compressus) caused by Colletotrichum hainanense sp. nov. Plant Disease 104: 1744–1750.