Bipolaris

Bipolaris
Bipolaris leaf blight of kentia palm caused by Bipolaris incurvata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Pleosporaceae
Genus:	Bipolaris Shoemaker (1959)
Type species
Bipolaris maydis (Y.Nisik. & C.Miyake) Shoemaker (1959)

Bipolaris is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Pleosporaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Robert A. Shoemaker in 1959.[1]

It has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide.[2]

Species

As of 9 August 2023^[update], the GBIF lists up to 71 species,[2] while Species Fungorum lists 78 species.[3]

• Bipolaris alocasiae Wei Zhang, H. Deng & T.Y. Zhang (2012)
• Bipolaris austrostipae Y.P. Tan & R.G. Shivas (2016)
• Bipolaris axonopodicola Y.P. Tan & R.G. Shivas (2016)
• Bipolaris bamagaensis Y.P. Tan & R.G. Shivas (2016)
• Bipolaris bicolor (Mitra) Shoemaker (1959)
• Bipolaris brachiariae Y. Marín, Senwanna & Crous (2017)
• Bipolaris chloridis (Alcorn) Alcorn (1983)
• Bipolaris clavata Alcorn (1982)
• Bipolaris coffeana Sivan. (1985)
• Bipolaris coicis (Y. Nisik.) Shoemaker (1959)
• Bipolaris colocasiae (M.P. Tandon & V. Bhargava) Alcorn (1983)
• Bipolaris cookei (Sacc.) Shoemaker (1959)
• Bipolaris costina Sivan., R.S. Shukla, Kr.P. Singh & A. Husain (1985)
• Bipolaris crotonis Sivan. (1985)
• Bipolaris cynodontis (Marignoni) Shoemaker (1959)
• Bipolaris distoseptata M. Raza, K.D. Hyde & L. Cai (2019)
• Bipolaris drechsleri Manamgoda & Minnis (2013)
• Bipolaris eleusines J.H. Peng & J.Y. Lu (1989)
• Bipolaris eleusines Alcorn & R.G. Shivas (1990)
• Bipolaris eragrostiellae (A.P. Misra & R.A. Singh) Sivan. (1987)
• Bipolaris euchlaenae (Zimm.) Shoemaker (1959)
• Bipolaris flagelloidea (G.F. Atk.) Shoemaker (1959)
• Bipolaris fusca Y.L. Jiang & T.Y. Zhang (2008)
• Bipolaris gigantea (S. Ito) B. Lane, Stricker, M.E. Sm., S.L. Flory & Harmon (2020)
• Bipolaris glycines (S. Naray. & Durairaj) B.A. Khasanov (1992)
• Bipolaris gossypina Sivan. (1985)
• Bipolaris hadrotrichoides (Ellis & Everh.) Luttr. (1970)
• Bipolaris halepensis M.Y. Chiang, K.J. Leonard & Van Dyke (1989)
• Bipolaris heliconiae Alcorn (1996)
• Bipolaris heveae (Petch) Arx (1987)
• Bipolaris imperatae J.J. Muchovej (2012)
• Bipolaris incurvata (C. Bernard) Alcorn (1983)
• Bipolaris iridis (Oudem.) C.H. Dickinson (1966)
• Bipolaris israeli Steiman, Guiraud, Seigle-Mur. & Sage (1996)
• Bipolaris leersiae (G.F. Atk.) Shoemaker (1959)
• Bipolaris louisemackiae Y.P. Tan & R.G. Shivas (2023)
• Bipolaris marantae J.L. Alves & R.W. Barreto (2017)
• Bipolaris mariehareliae Y.P. Tan & Bishop-Hurley (2023)
• Bipolaris maryandersoniae Y.P. Tan, Bishop-Hurley & R.G. Shivas (2023)
• Bipolaris melinidis Alcorn (1982)
• Bipolaris microconidia M. Raza, K.D. Hyde & L. Cai (2019)
• Bipolaris microlaenae Alcorn (1990)
• Bipolaris microstegii Minnis, Rossman, Klecz. & S.L. Flory (2012)
• Bipolaris multiformis (Jooste) Alcorn (1983)
• Bipolaris novae-zelandiae Sivan. (1985)
• Bipolaris obclavata Sivan. (1992)
• Bipolaris obovoidea Wei Zhang & T.Y. Zhang (2012)
• Bipolaris olyrae (Viégas) Shoemaker (1959)
• Bipolaris omanensis Dughaishi, Maharachch. & Al-Sadi (2018)
• Bipolaris oryzae (Breda de Haan) Shoemaker (1959)
• Bipolaris pallescens Y.H. Geng & T.Y. Zhang (2014)
• Bipolaris palousensis R. Sprague (1961)
• Bipolaris panici-miliacei (Y. Nisik.) Shoemaker (1959)
• Bipolaris papendorfii (Aa) Alcorn (1983)
• Bipolaris peregianensis Alcorn (1982)
• Bipolaris poae-pratensis H. Deng & T.Y. Zhang (2002)
• Bipolaris prieskaensis W.Q. Chen & W.J. Swart (2000)
• Bipolaris rostratae Raghv. Singh & Shambhu Kumar (2016)
• Bipolaris sacchari (E.J. Butler) Shoemaker (1959)
• Bipolaris saccharicola Y. Marín & Crous (2017)
• Bipolaris salkadehensis Ahmadp. & Heidarian (2012)
• Bipolaris secalis Sisterna ex Y.P. Tan, Madrid, Crous & R.G. Shivas (2014)
• Bipolaris shoemakeri Y.P. Tan & R.G. Shivas (2016)
• Bipolaris simmondsii Y.P. Tan & R.G. Shivas (2016)
• Bipolaris sivanesaniana Y.P. Tan & R.G. Shivas (2016)
• Bipolaris sorokiniana Shoemaker (1959)
• Bipolaris stenospila (Drechsler ex Faris) Shoemaker (2018)
• Bipolaris subramanianii Y.P. Tan & R.G. Shivas (2016)
• Bipolaris triticicola Sivan. (1985)
• Bipolaris triticigrani (A.P. Misra & R.A. Singh) Sivan. (1987)
• Bipolaris urochloae (V.A. Putterill) Shoemaker (1959)
• Bipolaris variabilis Y. Marín, Y.P. Tan & Crous (2017)
• Bipolaris victoriae (F. Meehan & H.C. Murphy) Shoemaker (1959)
• Bipolaris woodii Y.P. Tan & R.G. Shivas (2016)
• Bipolaris xanthosomatis B. Huguenin (1966)
• Bipolaris zeae Sivan. (1985)
• Bipolaris zeicola (G.L. Stout) Shoemaker (1959)

See Species Fungorum website for a list of about 59 former species of Bipolaris.[3]

References

1. Shoemaker RA. (1959). "Nomenclature of Drechslera and Bipolaris, grass parasites segregated from Helminosporium". Canadian Journal of Botany. 37 (5): 879–87. doi:10.1139/b59-073.
2. "Bipolaris Shoemaker". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
3. "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Pleospora". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

External links

• Bipolaris spp. at DoctorFungus.org