Pestalotiopsidaceae Maharachch. & K.D.Hyde
Neopestalotiopsis zakeelii 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: 12, fig. 7 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Type: AUSTRALIA, Queensland, Landsborough, from flower blight of M. integrifolia, 20 September 2019, A. Woodford (Holotype BRIP 72282a, includes ex-type culture)..."
  • Text: DNA sequences: GenBank: 303789 (ITS); MZ312682 (TUB); MZ344174 (TEF1α).
  • Text: identifier: MB 840920
  • Etymology: "Named after Mohamed Cassim Mohamed Zakeel, in recognition of his research into the diagnosis of new and emerging diseases on macadamia 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]