Eight new Arthrinium species from China

By

Wang, Mei
Tan, Xiao-Ming
Liu, Fang
Cai, Lei

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

34

Pages

1-24

Subjects

Ascomycota , Morphology , Phylogeny , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.34.24221

 

Abstract

The genusArthriniumincludes important plant pathogens, endophytes and saprobes with a wide host range and geographic distribution. In this paper, 74Arthriniumstrains isolated from various substrates such as bamboo leaves, tea plants, soil and air from karst caves in China were examined using a multi-locus phylogeny based on a combined dataset of ITS rDNA, TEF1 and TUB2, in conjunction with morphological characters, host association and ecological distribution. Eight new species were described based on their distinct phylogenetic relationships and morphological characters. Our results indicated a high species diversity ofArthriniumwith wide host ranges, amongst which, Poaceae and Cyperaceae were the major host plant families ofArthriniumspecies.