Morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal three species of Colletotrichum in Shandong province, China

By

Mu, Taichang
Zhang, Zhaoxue
Liu, Rongyu
Liu, Shubin
Li, Zhuang
Zhang, Xiuguo
Xia, Jiwen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

85

Pages

57--71

Subjects

Colletotrichum , Glomerellaceae , multi-gene phylogeny , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.85.75944

 

Abstract

Colletotrichum has numerous host range and distribution. Its species are important plant pathogens, endophytes and saprobes. Colletotrichum can cause regular or irregular depressions and necrotic lesions in the epidermal tissues of plants. During this research Colletotrichum specimens were collected from Mengyin County, Shandong Province, China. A multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of ITS, GAPDH, CHS-1, ACT, TUB2, CAL and GS sequence data combined with morphology, revealed a new species and two known species, viz. C. mengyinense sp. nov., C. gloeosporioides and C. pandanicola, belonging to the C. gloeosporioides species complex. The new species is described and illustrated in this paper and compared with taxa in the C. gloeosporioides species complex.