Leptolegniaceae
Aphanomyces trifolii O’Rourke, M.H.Ryan, Hua Li, X.Ma, Sivasith., Fatehi & Barbetti , nom. inval., scientific
O’Rourke, C.J., Ryan, M.H., Li, H., Ma, X., Sivasithamparam, K., Fatehi, J. & Barbetti, M.J. (September 2010), Taxonomic and pathogenic characteristics of a new species Aphanomyces trifolii causing root rot of subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum) in Western Australia. Crop and Pasture Science 61: 714, figs. 1 & 2 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Typus: Australia: Western Australia: on tap and lateral roots of Trifolium subterraneum at 7 field sites in the high-rainfall region of south-west Western Australia."
  • Text: DNA sequences: from various isolates [not directly connected with the holotype as indicated in the later validation of the name; but it is likely that one of the sequences is connected with the eventual holotype]: GenBank GQ267547, GQ267548 [as "GQ265748"], GQ267549, GQ267550, GQ267551, GQ267552, GQ267553, GQ267554 (ITS).
  • Comment: Name is invalid because the holotype is not a single specimen conserved in one institution. Art. 8.1 (Shenzhen).
  • Etymology: "Referring to Trifolium the host plant from which the pathogen was isolated."
AusFungi (2024), AusFungi: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Aphanomyces trifolii O’Rourke, M.H.Ryan, Hua Li, X.Ma, Sivasith., Fatehi & Barbetti legitimate