''Sawadaea'' is a

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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 approximately 100 speci ...

(powdery mildews). The widespread genus contains nine species. One more species was added in 2011. The genus was

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by Kingo Miyabe in J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. vol.38 (3) on pages 286, 371, 374 and 449 in 1937. The genus name of ''Sawadaea'' is in honour of Kaneyoshi (Kenkichi) Sawada (1888–1950), who was a Japanese botanist and

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. He worked at the College of Agriculture in the

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Species

As accepted by

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Sawadaea aesculi ''Sawadaea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Erysiphaceae (powdery mildews). The widespread genus contains nine species. One more species was added in 2011. The genus was circumscribed by Kingo Miyabe in J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. vo ...

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Sawadaea bicornis ''Sawadaea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Erysiphaceae (powdery mildews). The widespread genus contains nine species. One more species was added in 2011. The genus was circumscribed by Kingo Miyabe in J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. vo ...

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Sawadaea bifida ''Sawadaea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Erysiphaceae (powdery mildews). The widespread genus contains nine species. One more species was added in 2011. The genus was circumscribed by Kingo Miyabe in J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. vo ...

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Sawadaea bomiensis ''Sawadaea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Erysiphaceae (powdery mildews). The widespread genus contains nine species. One more species was added in 2011. The genus was circumscribed by Kingo Miyabe in J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. vo ...

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Sawadaea koelreuteriae ''Sawadaea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Erysiphaceae (powdery mildews). The widespread genus contains nine species. One more species was added in 2011. The genus was circumscribed by Kingo Miyabe in J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. vo ...

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Sawadaea kovaliana ''Sawadaea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Erysiphaceae (powdery mildews). The widespread genus contains nine species. One more species was added in 2011. The genus was circumscribed by Kingo Miyabe in J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. vo ...

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Sawadaea nankinensis ''Sawadaea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Erysiphaceae (powdery mildews). The widespread genus contains nine species. One more species was added in 2011. The genus was circumscribed by Kingo Miyabe in J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. vo ...

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Sawadaea polyfida ''Sawadaea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Erysiphaceae (powdery mildews). The widespread genus contains nine species. One more species was added in 2011. The genus was circumscribed by Kingo Miyabe in J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. vo ...

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Sawadaea tulasnei ''Sawadaea tulasnei'' is a form of powdery mildew is a species of fungus in the family Erysiphaceae. This fungus attacks the leaves of the ''Acer platanoides'' (Norway maple) in North America, and in Great Britain and/or Ireland, ''Acer palma ...

'' *'' Sawadaea zhengii'' Former species; *''Sawadaea aceris'' = ''Sawadaea bicornis'' *''Sawadaea negundinis'' = ''Sawadaea bicornis'' *''Sawadaea polyfida'' var. ''japonica'' = ''Sawadaea polyfida''

References

Erysiphales Fungal plant pathogens and diseases {{Leotiomycetes-stub