Epichloë australiensis
| Epichloë australiensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Tribe: | Balansiae |
| Genus: | Epichloë |
| Species: | E. australiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Epichloë australiensis (C.D. Moon & Schardl) Leuchtm. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Neotyphodium australiense C.D. Moon & Schardl | |
Epichloë australiensis is a systemic and seed-transmissible symbiont of the grass Echinopogon ovatus. It was originally described as a Neotyphodium species[2] but later transferred to the genus Epichloë.[1]
To date, E. australiensis has only been found in some Australian populations of its host grass, whereas other populations in Australia and New Zealand have Epichloë aotearoae. Molecular phylogenetic analysis indicates that E. australiensis is an interspecific hybrid, and that its closest teleomorphic (sexual) relatives are Epichloë festucae and Epichloë typhina.[2]
References
- 1 2 Leuchtmann, A.; Bacon, C. W.; Schardl, C. L.; White, J. F.; Tadych, M. (2014). "Nomenclatural realignment of Neotyphodium species with genus Epichloë" (PDF). Mycologia. 106 (2): 202–215. doi:10.3852/13-251. ISSN 0027-5514.
- 1 2 Moon CD, Miles CO, Jarlfors U, Schardl CL (2002). "The evolutionary origins of three new Neotyphodium endophyte species from grasses indigenous to the Southern Hemisphere". Mycologia. 94 (4): 694–711. doi:10.2307/3761720. JSTOR 3761720. PMID 21156542.
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