Pseudocercospora cannabina

Pseudocercospora cannabina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Mycosphaerellales
Family: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Pseudocercospora
Species:
P. cannabina
Binomial name
Pseudocercospora cannabina
(Wakef.) Deighton, (1976)[1]
Synonyms

Cercospora cannabina Wakef., Bull. Misc. Inf., Kew(nos 9 & 10): 314 (1917)

Pseudocercospora cannabina is a fungal plant pathogen infecting hemp. Cercospora cannabina was originally found on the leaves of Cannabis sativa in Uganda.[2] Then in 1976, it was renamed as Pseudocercospora cannabina by mycologist Frederick Claude Deighton (1903-1992).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b (Wakef.) Deighton, Mycol. Pap. 140: 141 (1976)
  2. ^ "Species Fungorum - Names Record". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 20 September 2023.