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Issue: Vol. 711 No. 3: 25 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-25
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.711.3.2
Page range: 263-280
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Morphological characterization and phylogenetic placement of Xiuguozhangia sahyadriensis (Pseudoberkleasmiaceae, Pleosporales), a new species from the Western Ghats, India

National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI), Biodiversity and Palaeobiology (Fungi) Gr., MACS Agharkar Research Institute, G. G. Agarkar Road, Pune, 411 004, Maharashtra, India
National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI), Biodiversity and Palaeobiology (Fungi) Gr., MACS Agharkar Research Institute, G. G. Agarkar Road, Pune, 411 004, Maharashtra, India; Faculty of Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, 411 007, Maharashtra, India
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Taxonomy, Průhonice 252 43, Czech Republic
Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Mauritius, Reduit 80837, Mauritius; Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh P.O. Box 2455, Saudi Arabia
National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI), Biodiversity and Palaeobiology (Fungi) Gr., MACS Agharkar Research Institute, G. G. Agarkar Road, Pune, 411 004, Maharashtra, India
Centre for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, People’s Republic of China
Centre for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biology and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, People’s Republic of China
Instituto de Investigaciones de Sanidad Vegetal (INISAV), Académico de Mérito de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Santiago de Las Vegas, C.P. 17200, C. Habana, Cuba
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RAFAEL F. CASTAÑEDA-RUIZ

 

1 new taxon hyphomycetes Kerala Phylogeny Pleosporales taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

In this study, a new species, Xiuguozhangia sahyadriensis, collected on decaying twig from the southern Western Ghats of Kerala, India. The new taxon is morphologically distinct from other Xiuguozhangia species, characterised by its longer and rarely branched conidiophores, as well as distinctive dimensions of conidia and conidiogenous cells. Based on Phylogenetic analyses of combined LSU, ITS, SSU, tef1α and rpb2 sequence data, using Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Inference, X. sahyadriensis formed a sister taxon to X. broussonetiae within Pseudoberkleasmiaceae. This is the first study to present multigene sequence data of a Xiuguozhangia species from India.

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How to Cite

Paraparath, S.O., Rajeshkumar, K.C., Réblová, M., Jeewon, R., Lad, S.S., Karunarathna, S.C., Tibpromma, S. & Castañeda-Ruiz, R.F. (2025) Morphological characterization and phylogenetic placement of Xiuguozhangia sahyadriensis (Pseudoberkleasmiaceae, Pleosporales), a new species from the Western Ghats, India. Phytotaxa 711 (3): 263–280. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.711.3.2