Pleosporaceae
Bipolaris sivanesaniana Y.P.Tan & R.G.Shivas , legitimate, scientific
Tan, Y.P., Crous, P.W. & Shivas, R.G. (8 November 2016), Eight novel Bipolaris species identified from John L. Alcorn’s collections at the Queensland Plant Pathology Herbarium (BRIP). Mycological Progress 15: 1210, fig. 3f-g [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Holotype: Australia, Queensland, Atherton, from Paspalidium distans (Trin.) Hughes, 1 May 1987, J.L.Alcorn, BRIP 15847 (includes ex-type culture)."
  • Text: DNA sequences: from culture ex-type: GenBank KX452455 (ITS), KX452421 (GAPDH), KX452472 (TEF), KX452438 (LSU).
  • Text: identifier: MB 817468
  • Etymology: "Named after Dr. Asaipillai Sivanesan, in recognition of his contributions to mycology and plant pathology, especially his seminal monograph on graminicolous helminthosporioid fungi (Sivanesan 1987)."
AusFungi (2023), AusFungi: - FungI [secondary reference]