''Bipolaris'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 ...
belonging to the family
Pleosporaceae
Pleosporaceae is a family (biology), family of sac fungi. They are pathogenic to humans or saprobic on woody and dead herbaceous stems or leaves.
They are generally Teleomorph, anamorph and holomorph, anamorphic species (having an asexual reprod ...
. It was circumscribed by mycologist
Robert A. Shoemaker in 1959.
It has a
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
worldwide.
Species
, the
GBIF
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lists up to 71 species,
while
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 ...
lists 78 species.
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Bipolaris alocasiae''
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Bipolaris austrostipae''
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Bipolaris axonopodicola''
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Bipolaris bamagaensis''
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Bipolaris bicolor''
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Bipolaris brachiariae''
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Bipolaris chloridis''
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Bipolaris clavata''
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Bipolaris coffeana''
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Bipolaris coicis''
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Bipolaris colocasiae''
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Bipolaris cookei''
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Bipolaris costina''
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Bipolaris crotonis''
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Bipolaris cynodontis''
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Bipolaris distoseptata''
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Bipolaris drechsleri''
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Bipolaris eleusines''
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Bipolaris eleusines''
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Bipolaris eragrostiellae''
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Bipolaris euchlaenae''
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Bipolaris flagelloidea''
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Bipolaris fusca''
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Bipolaris gigantea''
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Bipolaris glycines''
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Bipolaris gossypina''
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Bipolaris hadrotrichoides''
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Bipolaris halepensis''
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Bipolaris heliconiae''
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Bipolaris heveae''
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Bipolaris imperatae''
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Bipolaris incurvata''
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Bipolaris iridis''
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Bipolaris israeli''
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Bipolaris leersiae''
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Bipolaris louisemackiae''
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Bipolaris marantae''
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Bipolaris mariehareliae''
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Bipolaris maryandersoniae''
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Bipolaris melinidis''
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Bipolaris microconidia''
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Bipolaris microlaenae''
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Bipolaris microstegii''
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Bipolaris multiformis''
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Bipolaris novae-zelandiae''
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Bipolaris obclavata''
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Bipolaris obovoidea''
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Bipolaris olyrae''
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Bipolaris omanensis''
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Bipolaris oryzae''
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Bipolaris pallescens''
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Bipolaris palousensis''
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Bipolaris panici-miliacei''
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Bipolaris papendorfii''
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Bipolaris peregianensis''
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Bipolaris poae-pratensis''
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Bipolaris prieskaensis''
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Bipolaris rostratae''
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Bipolaris sacchari''
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Bipolaris saccharicola''
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Bipolaris salkadehensis''
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Bipolaris secalis''
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Bipolaris shoemakeri''
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Bipolaris simmondsii''
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Bipolaris sivanesaniana''
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Bipolaris sorokiniana''
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Bipolaris stenospila''
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Bipolaris subramanianii''
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Bipolaris triticicola''
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Bipolaris triticigrani''
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Bipolaris urochloae''
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Bipolaris variabilis''
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Bipolaris victoriae''
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Bipolaris woodii''
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Bipolaris xanthosomatis''
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Bipolaris zeae''
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Bipolaris zeicola''
See Species Fungorum website for a list of about 59 former species of ''Bipolaris''.
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References
External links
''Bipolaris'' spp. at DoctorFungus.org
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Pleosporaceae
Dothideomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1959
{{Pleosporales stub