''Phyllactinia'' is a genus of
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Erysiphaceae
Erysiphales are an order of ascomycete fungi. The order contains one family, Erysiphaceae. Many of them cause plant diseases called powdery mildew.
Systematics
The order contains one family (Erysiphaceae), 28 genera and around 1000 species. Ma ...
. The type species was ''Phyllactinia suffulta'', which is now the synonym for ''Phyllactinia guttata''.
Species in this genus are
plant pathogen
Plant diseases are diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, viroids, virus-like orga ...
s; such as ''Phyllactinia guttata'' causing
powdery mildew
Powdery mildew is a fungus, fungal disease that affects a wide range of plants. Powdery mildew diseases are caused by many different species of Ascomycota, ascomycete fungi in the order Erysiphales. Powdery mildew is one of the easier plant disea ...
on hardwood trees (including
almonds
The almond (''Prunus amygdalus'', syn. ''Prunus dulcis'') is a species of tree from the genus ''Prunus''. Along with the peach, it is classified in the subgenus ''Amygdalus'', distinguished from the other subgenera by corrugations on the sh ...
).
Also four ''Phyllactinia'' species are found on Ash trees (''
Fraxinus
''Fraxinus'' (), commonly called ash, is a genus of plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae, and comprises 45–65 species of usually medium-to-large trees, most of which are deciduous trees, although some Subtropics, subtropical specie ...
'') species.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (Binomial nomenclature, scientific names) in the fungus Kingdom (biology), kingdom. As of 2015, the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partn ...
;
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Phyllactinia aceris''
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Phyllactinia actinidiae''
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Phyllactinia adesmiae''
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Phyllactinia aesculi''
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Phyllactinia alangii''
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Phyllactinia aleuritis''
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Phyllactinia alni''
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Phyllactinia alnicola''
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Phyllactinia ampelopsidis''
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Phyllactinia amphipterygii''
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Phyllactinia ampulliformis''
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Phyllactinia andrachnes''
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Phyllactinia angulata''
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Phyllactinia babayanii''
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Phyllactinia bauhiniae''
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Phyllactinia bougainvilleae''
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Phyllactinia braunii''
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Phyllactinia brideliae''
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Phyllactinia broussonetiae-kaempferi''
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Phyllactinia broussonetiae-papyriferae''
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Phyllactinia caesalpiniae''
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Phyllactinia calycanthi''
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Phyllactinia camptothecae''
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Phyllactinia caricae''
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Phyllactinia caricicola''
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Phyllactinia carpinicola''
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Phyllactinia cassiae''
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Phyllactinia cassiae-fistulae''
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Phyllactinia catalpae''
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Phyllactinia celastri''
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Phyllactinia chubutiana''
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Phyllactinia coriariae''
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Phyllactinia corni''
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Phyllactinia corylopsidis''
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Phyllactinia cruchetii''
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Phyllactinia dalbergiae''
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Phyllactinia desmodii''
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Phyllactinia durantae''
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Phyllactinia ehretiae''
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Phyllactinia elsholtziae''
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Phyllactinia enkianthi''
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Phyllactinia erythrinae-americanae''
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Phyllactinia euodiae''
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Phyllactinia eupteleae''
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Phyllactinia fraxini''
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*'' Phyllactinia fraxinicola'' ][
*'' Phyllactinia fraxini-longicuspidis'' ][
*'' Phyllactinia gmelinae''
*'' Phyllactinia gorteri''
*'' Phyllactinia guttata''
*'' Phyllactinia hamamelidis''
*'' Phyllactinia hemipteleae''
*'' Phyllactinia heterophragmatis''
*'' Phyllactinia holodisci''
*'' Phyllactinia indica''
*'' Phyllactinia jamesiae''
*'' Phyllactinia japonica'' ][
*'' Phyllactinia juglandis''
*'' Phyllactinia juglandis-mandshuricae''
*'' Phyllactinia kakiicola''
*'' Phyllactinia kalopanacis''
*'' Phyllactinia kashmirensis''
*'' Phyllactinia lagerstroemiae''
*'' Phyllactinia lanneae''
*'' Phyllactinia leveilluloides''
*'' Phyllactinia lianyungangensis''
*'' Phyllactinia linderae''
*'' Phyllactinia liriodendri''
*'' Phyllactinia magnoliae''
*'' Phyllactinia magnoliae''
*'' Phyllactinia mali''
*'' Phyllactinia marissalii''
*'' Phyllactinia mimosae''
*'' Phyllactinia miracula''
*'' Phyllactinia mori-macrourae''
*'' Phyllactinia nivea''
*'' Phyllactinia obclavata''
*'' Phyllactinia orbicularis''
*'' Phyllactinia ostryae''
*'' Phyllactinia paliuri''
*'' Phyllactinia papayae''
*'' Phyllactinia parietariae''
*'' Phyllactinia paulowniae''
*'' Phyllactinia phaseolina''
*'' Phyllactinia philadelphi''
*'' Phyllactinia pistaciae''
*'' Phyllactinia poinsettiae''
*'' Phyllactinia populi''
*'' Phyllactinia pteroceltidis''
*'' Phyllactinia pterostyracis''
*'' Phyllactinia pyri-communis''
*'' Phyllactinia rhododendri''
*'' Phyllactinia ribis''
*'' Phyllactinia robiniae''
*'' Phyllactinia roboris''
*'' Phyllactinia sabiae''
*'' Phyllactinia salicis''
*'' Phyllactinia salmonii''
*'' Phyllactinia sebastianiae''
*'' Phyllactinia sinensis''
*'' Phyllactinia syringae''
*'' Phyllactinia takamatsui''
*'' Phyllactinia terminaliae''
*'' Phyllactinia thirumalacharii''
*'' Phyllactinia toonae''
*'' Phyllactinia tremae''
*'' Phyllactinia verruculosa''
*'' Phyllactinia yarwoodii''
*'' Phyllactinia zanthoxylicola''
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References
Erysiphales
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Taxa named by Joseph-Henri Léveillé
Taxa described in 1851
Leotiomycetes genera
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