Pestalotiopsidaceae Maharachch. & K.D.Hyde
Neopestalotiopsis vheenae Prasannath, Akinsanmi & R.G.Shivas , legitimate, scientific
Prasannath, K., Shivas, R.G., Galea, V.J. & Akinsanmi, O.A. (17 September 2021), Neopestalotiopsis Species Associated with Flower Diseases of Macadamia integrifolia in Australia. Journal of Fungi 7 (9), 771: 11, fig. 6 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Type: AUSTRALIA, New South Wales, Rosebank, from flower blight of M. integrifolia, 16 October 2019, P. Fraser (Holotype BRIP 72293a, includes ex-type culture)."
  • Text: identifier: MB 840919
  • Text: DNA sequences: GenBank: MZ303792 (ITS); MZ312685 (TUB); MZ344177 (TEF1α).
  • Etymology: "Named after Vheena Mohankumar, in recognition of her research studies into fungal diseases of macadamia crops in Australia."
Prasannath, K., Galea, V.J. & Akinsanmi, O.A. (1 February 2023), Diversity and pathogenicity of species of Botrytis, Cladosporium, Neopestalotiopsis and Pestalotiopsis causing flower diseases of macadamia in Australia. Plant Pathology 72 (5): 889 [secondary reference]
AusFungi (2024), AusFungi: - AFL [secondary reference]