Three novel species of Cladosporium and Sarocladium isolated from palm trees

By

Zhou, Lin
Zhang, Qiu-Yue
Wan, Yu
Chen, Yi-Lin
Li, De-Wei
Tan, Yunhong
Sun, Hui
Zhu, Li-Hua

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-9-24

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

123

Pages

29--51

Subjects

Ascomycota , Biodiversity , Phylogeny , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.123.165471

 

Abstract

Palm trees (Arecaceae) are among the most widely used ornamental plants in southern China. In this study, samples of senescent leaves and petioles from four species of palm plants were collected in Yunnan Province, China, and fungal isolations were performed. Species identification was conducted using a phylogenetic approach based on combined sequence data from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, large subunit ribosomal DNA (LSU), actin gene (ACT), and translation elongation factor (TEF), together with morphological studies. As a result, three new species—Cladosporium menglunense, Sarocladium menglaense, and S. yunnanense—are proposed. By providing detailed morphological and molecular data, this study lays a foundation for future research on species diversity and diseases of palm plants.