Ascochyta cyphomandrae Petch 1922

Details

Name scientific

Ascochyta cyphomandrae Petch, Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya 7 313 (1922)

Preferred name

Boeremia exigua (Desm.) Aveskamp, Gruyter & Verkley 2010 var. exigua

Taxonomy reference

Boerema, G.H.; de Gruyter, J.; Noordeloos, M.E.; Hamers, M.E.C. (ed) 2004: Phoma Identification Manual. CABI Publishing.

Nomenclature

Authors

Petch

Original authors

Petch

Publication place

Petch, T. 1922: Additions to Ceylon fungi (II). Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya 7(4): 279-322.

Year published

1922

Publication page

313

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Ascochyta cyphomandrae Petch 1922

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Ascochyta cyphomandrae

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Dothideomycetes

Order

Pleosporales

Family

Didymellaceae

Genus

Ascochyta

Species

cyphomandrae

Descriptions

Dingley, J.M. 1969: Records of plant diseases in New Zealand. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bulletin. 192.

Ascochyta cyphomandrae Petch 1922

Pathogenicity

Brien and Dingley (1951) recorded this fungus in error as Ascochyta betacea. It is associated with large zonate lesions on leaves of Cyphomandra. Fletcher (1952) stated that in commercial plantings the disease is of only minor economic importance.