Species of fungus
Pleospora herbarum |
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Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Pleosporales |
Family: | Pleosporaceae |
Genus: | Pleospora |
Species: | P. herbarum |
Binomial name |
Pleospora herbarum |
Synonyms |
Alternaria putrefaciens (Fuckel) E.G.Simmons (1995) Clasterosporium putrefaciens (Fuckel) Sacc. (1886) Clasterosporium putrefaciens var. crucipes Speschnew (1901) Delacourea samarae (Fuckel) Cooke Macrosporium commune Rabenh. (1870) Macrosporium parasiticum Thüm. Macrosporium sarcinula Berk. (1838) Phoma albicans Roberge ex Desm. Pleospora albicans Fuckel Pleospora asparagi Rabenh. Pleospora denotata (Cooke & Ellis) Sacc. (1883) Pleospora euonymi Fuckel (1870) Pleospora frangulae Fuckel (1870) Pleospora gymnocladi Bagnis (1877) Pleospora herbarum var. cichorii Cooke Pleospora herbarum var. glumarum Berk. & Broome Pleospora herbarum var. herbarum (Pers.) Rabenh. (1863) Pleospora herbarum var. iridia Cooke Pleospora herbarum var. pisi (Sowerby) Cooke Pleospora labiatarum Cooke & Harkn. (1882) Pleospora leguminum (Wallr.) Rabenh. Pleospora mali Hesler (1927) Pleospora meliloti Rabenh. (1883) Pleospora pisi (Sowerby) Fuckel (1870) Pleospora putrefaciens A.B.Frank Pleospora salsolae Fuckel (1864) Pleospora samarae Fuckel (1870) Pleospora typhae Pass. Sphaeria asparagi (Rabenh. ex Sacc.) Plowr. Sphaeria denotata Cooke & Ellis (1877) Sphaeria herbarum Pers. (1801) Sphaeria leguminum Wallr. (1833) Sphaeria pisi Sowerby (1803) Sphaeria samarae (Fuckel) Plowr. Sporidesmium putrefaciens Fuckel (1870) Stemphylium botryosum f.sp. lycopersici Rotem, Y. Cohen & I.Wahl (1966) Stemphylium herbarum E.G.Simmons (1986) |
Pleospora herbarum is a species of fungus in the family Pleosporaceae. It is a plant pathogen infecting several hosts including alfalfa, apples, asparagus, tomatoes, citruses and chickpea. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, and is common in temperate and subtropical regions. The fungus was first described under the name Sphaeria herbarum by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1801.[1]
- ^ Persoon CH. (1801). Synopsis Methodica Fungorum (in Latin). p. 78.