Lasiodiplodia rubropurpurea T.I.Burgess, P.A.Barber & G.S.Pegg , legitimate, scientific
Burgess, T.I., Barber, P.A., Mohali, S., Pegg, G., de Beer, W. & Wingfield, M.J. (2006), Three new Lasiodiplodia spp. from the tropics, recognized based on DNA sequence comparisons and morphology. Mycologia 98 (3): 431, figs. 3d-f, 5 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Specimens examined. AUSTRALIA. Queensland: Tully, from canker of Eucalyptus grandis, May 2003, T.I. Burgess (HOLOTYPE MURU 409) (culture WAC12535); ... "
  • Text: DNA sequences: from holotype: GenBank DQ103553 (ITS), DQ103571 (EF-1a).
  • Text: identifier: MB 500236
  • Etymology: "Refers to the reddish-purple pycnidia."
AusFungi (2019), AusFungi 21 Jan. 2019: - FungI [secondary reference]