Fungi Australian Fungi Name Index (AFNI)

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Showing Phyllosticta westeae

Phyllostictaceae Fr.

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[tax. nov.]

Type: "Australia, Queensland, Cardwell, from leaf of Clerodendrum inerme (Lamiaceae), 27 Apr. 2021, Y.P. Tan, K.L. Bransgrove, T.S. Marney, M.J. Ryley, S.M. Thompson, M.D.E. Shivas & R.G. Shivas (holotype BRIP 72390c preserved in a metabolically inactive state)."

Text: DNA sequences: from holotype: GenBank OP599631 (ITS), OP627089 (rpb2) and OP627090 (tef1α).
Text: identifier: IF 900024
Etymology: "Named after Gretna Margaret Weste (1917−2006), in recognition of her contributions to plant pathology and mycology in Australia. Gretna Weste was Australia’s foremost expert on the plant pathogen Phytophthora cinnamonmi how it killed native plants. Her investigations revealed the cyclic nature of infestation, namely that once P. cinnamomi had killed all susceptible plants, it too died out, thereby allowing vegetation regeneration. In 1989, Gretna Weste was awarded a Member in the Order of Australia (AM) for service to science."

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