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Diaporthe Nitschke (1870)
Diaporthe Nitschke 1870

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New Zealand
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Nitschke
Nitschke
1870
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Diaporthe Nitschke 1870
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Diaporthe

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Diaporthe

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Diaporthe Nitschke 1870

Species in Diaporthe are largely reported as important plant pathogens. Identification of species in this genus has been complemented by morphological and molecular features. However, one important factor delaying this process is the struggle to formulate robust species concepts to create adequate international phytosanitary measures. Regardless of the wide use of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA region, established as the primary DNA barcode for fungi, the tendency for intraspecific variation has been reported, misleading interpretation of phylogenetic analyses. Therefore, the present study aimed to illustrate, using specific examples, how the ITS region may be problematic for species delimitation. We showed that the ITS region is highly variable, with strains ofDiaporthe malorum and Diaporthe novem falling into more than one clade, which if analyzed on their own, would be likely recognized as distinct taxa. Divergent ITS paralogs were also proven to coexist within the genome of D. novem. We also suggest that ITS may have escaped from concerted evolution or has undergone a duplication event. Furthermore,this study reports for the first time the existence of a putative hybrid in the genus Diaporthe. Our findings offer new clues towards the intraspecific and intragenomic variation in the ITS region, raising questions about its value for barcoding, i.e., identifying species in the genus Diaporthe. Therefore, we recommend that the ITS region be analyzed cautiously and always compared for congruence prior to description of novel taxa.

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Diaporthe Nitschke 1870
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Diaporthe Nitschke (1870)
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Diaporthe Nitschke (1870)
Phomopsis (Sacc.) Bubák 1905
Diaporthe Nitschke 1870

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Diaporthe Nitschke 1870
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1cb186d2-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c
scientific name
Names_Fungi
1 January 2001
1 June 2012
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