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Issue: Vol. 763 No. 2: 19 Jun. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-06-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.763.2.1
Page range: 101-133
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Checklist, typification information, and nomenclature status of powdery mildew fungi originated in India

Patanjali Herbal Research Division; Patanjali Research Foundation; Haridwar; Uttarakhand; India 249404; Department of Applied and Allied Sciences; University of Patanjali; Haridwar; Uttarakhand; India 249404
Patanjali Herbal Research Division; Patanjali Research Foundation; Haridwar; Uttarakhand; India 249404
Patanjali Herbal Research Division; Patanjali Research Foundation; Haridwar; Uttarakhand; India 249404; Department of Applied and Allied Sciences; University of Patanjali; Haridwar; Uttarakhand; India 249404
Patanjali Herbal Research Division; Patanjali Research Foundation; Haridwar; Uttarakhand; India 249404
School of Studies in Botany; Jiwaji University; Gwalior; Madhya Pradesh; 474011; India
Department of Plant Pathology; Punjab Agricultural University; Ludhiana 141004; Punjab; India
National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI); Biodiversity and Palaeobiology (Fungi) Group; MACS Agharkar Research Institute; Pune; Maharashtra 411 004; India
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization & Yunnan International Joint Laboratory of Fungal Sustainable Utilization in South and Southeast Asia; College of Biology and Food Engineering; Qujing Normal University; Qujing 655099; P.R. China
Fungi Erysiphaceae fungi diversity holotype India Powdery mildew fungi voucher specimens

Abstract

Powdery mildew fungi represent a significant group of plant pathogens with rich diversity in India, yet their systematics has been advanced primarily through scattered contributions by Indian scientists. This study compiles a comprehensive checklist of powdery mildew taxa described or significantly studied by Indian researchers, detailing typification information and current nomenclature status. It has been observed that many fungal taxa remain unexamined since their protologue, lacking corroborative molecular data. Furthermore, a substantially large number of taxa have been declared invalid or illegitimate, underscoring the imperative for comprehensive nomenclatural revision. To address this gap in mycological knowledge, the present review furnishes a comprehensive enumeration of powdery mildew taxa originally described from India. About 190 species of powdery mildew fungi belonging to 18 different genera have been reported from India. The genera like Arthrocladiella, Brasiliomyces, Cystotheca, Erysiphe, Farmanomyces, Kokkalera, Microsphaera, Oidiopsis, Oidium, Ovulariopsis, Phyllactinia, Pleochaeta, Podosphaera, Pseudoidium, Setoerysiphe, Sphaerotheca, Uncinula and Uncinuliella constitute a checklist of all species of indian powdery mildew fungi. Names in this checklist follow their original protologues, with current generic placements. Typification details, nomenclatural legitimacy, and systematic positions are comprehensively documented.

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Balkrishna, A., Gautam, A.K., Arya, V., Kumar, M., Avasthi, S., Verma, R.K., Rajeshkumar, K. & Karunarathna, S.C. (2026) Checklist, typification information, and nomenclature status of powdery mildew fungi originated in India. Phytotaxa 763 (2): 101–133. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.763.2.1