''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 around 1000 species. Ma ...

(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

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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 fungus, fungi in the family Erysiphaceae (powdery mildews). The widespread genus contains nine species. One more species was added in 2011. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Kingo Miyabe in J. F ...

'' *'' Sawadaea bicornis'' *'' Sawadaea bifida'' *'' Sawadaea bomiensis'' *'' Sawadaea koelreuteriae'' *'' Sawadaea kovaliana'' *'' Sawadaea nankinensis'' *'' Sawadaea polyfida'' *'' Sawadaea tulasnei'' *'' 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