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A new endophytic species, Diaporthe litseae, from medicinal plants in Guizhou Province, China

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: During our study on microfungi associated with medicinal plants in China, a new endophytic taxon, Diaporthe litseae was isolated from healthy leaves of Litsea kobuskiana collected in Guizhou Province, China. The new species is characterized by its coelomycetous asexual morph, which has dark brown to black, globose conidiomata, cylindrical, aseptate conidiophores, phialidic conidiogenous cells, and fusiform, hyaline, aseptate, guttulate conidia. The phylogenetic analyses of combined ITS, tef1-α, β-tubulin, cal and his3 sequence data indicate D. litseae is phylogenetically distinct from other species. A detailed description and illustration for D. litseae are provided herein.

Source: Phytotaxa

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.665.3.6

Authors: YA-RU SUN, NING-GUO LIU, FATIMAH O. AL-OTIBI, KEVIN D. HYDE, RUVISHIKA S. JAYAWARDENA

Institutions: Guizhou University, Mae Fah Luang University, Guizhou Institute of Technology, King Saud University

Language: English

Topic: Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Subfield: Cell Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4402736966

FWCI: 0.192

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