Cercospora liquidambaris

Cercospora liquidambaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Mycosphaerellales
Family: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Cercospora
Species:
C. liquidambaris
Binomial name
Cercospora liquidambaris
G.F. Atk.

Cercospora liquidambaris is a fungal plant pathogen in the southeastern United States which causes a leaf spot disease in Loropetalum chinense, commonly known as the Chinese fringe flower.[1] The fungus was mistakenly confused with Pseudocercospora liquidambaris, which infects Liquidambar formosana, but has been reclassified as C. liquidambaris until its phylogenic relationships are more clearly established.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Ekemen, Gulcin (2019). Etiology of Pseudocercospora Leaf Spot Diseases on Liquidambar Styraciflua and Loropetalum Chinensis (MS thesis). University of Georgia. pp. 1–2.
  2. ^ Braun, Uwe; Crous, Pedro W.; Nakashima, Chiharu (2015). "Cercosporoid fungi (Mycosphaerellaceae) 4. Species on dicots (Acanthaceae to Amaranthaceae)". International Mycological Association Fungus. 6 (2): 373–469. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2015.06.02.09.