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Issue: Vol. 88 No. 3: 22 Mar 2013
Type: Article
Published: 2013-03-22
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.88.3.2
Page range: 49–54
Abstract views: 124
PDF downloaded: 113

A new species of Pestalotiopsis from leaf spots of Licuala grandis from Hainan, China

coelomycetes phylogeny taxonomy

Abstract

A new species, Pestalotiopsis licualacola, was isolated from grey leafspots of Licuala grandis (ruffled fan palm). It is morphologically distinct in having relatively small, greyish brown conidia (16–20 × 3–5 μm), and 1–3 short apical appendages without knobs. Phylogenetic analysis based on combination of ITS, β-tubulin and tef1 gene sequence data clearly distinguishes P. licualacola from other species in this genus, with ex-type sequence data in GenBank. Based on morphology and molecular phylogeny we describe it as a new species.

How to Cite

Geng, K., Zhang, B., Song, Y., Hyde, K.D., Kang, J.-C. & Wang, Y. (2013) A new species of Pestalotiopsis from leaf spots of Licuala grandis from Hainan, China. Phytotaxa 88 (3): 49–54. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.88.3.2