Phyllosticta is a genus of fungi. Many of the species in this genus are common and important plant pathogens. They typically infect the foliage and cause tannish-gray leaf spots with dark brown to purple borders. However, Phyllosticta may also infect fruit and stems. Yield loss is a common consequence of Phyllosticta infection.[2] Representatives of the genus are found worldwide and on a wide range of plant hosts.[3]
History
Phyllosticta was introduced by German mycologist Persoon in 1818 and species Phyllosticta convallariaePers. was designated as the type species (Donk 1968).[4] Since Phyllosticta is distinct from other genera in that family, Seaver (1922) treated it in the family PhyllostictaceaeFr. of the order Phyllostictites.[5] Nevertheless, Phyllosticta was accommodated in the family BotryosphaeriaceaeTheiss. & Syd. (in order Botryosphaeriales C.L. Schoch et al.) in several major studies (e.g. Crous et al. 2006;[6] Schoch et al. 2006;[7] Liu et al. 2012).[8] However, the phylogenetic analyses by Wikee et al. (2013a) allocated Phyllosticta in a clade sister to Botryosphaeriaceae.[9] As a result, the genus was accepted in the family Phyllostictaceae, in the order Botryosphaeriales.[3]
A total of 3,213 names are documented for Phyllosticta in the Index Fungorum (accessed on 31 March 2022) (Hongsanan et al. 2020; Wijayawardene et al. 2020).[10] However, many of these names have been synonymised (van der Aa and Vanev 2002).[11] In 2022, 1499 species are accepted in the genus (Bánki et al. 2022).[12]
^Wikee, S.; Udayanga, D.; Crous, P.W.; Chukeatirote, E.; McKenzie, E.H.C.; Bahkali, A.H.; Dai, D.Q.; Hyde, Kevin D. (2011). "Phyllosticta – an overview of current status of species recognition". Fungal Diversity. 51 (1): 43–61. doi:10.1007/s13225-011-0146-5.
^van der Aa, H.A.; Vanev, S. (2002). A revision of the species described in Phyllosticta. Utrecht, The Netherlands: Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS).
^Bánki, O.; Roskov, Y.; Döring, M.; Ower, G.; Vandepitte, L.; Hobern, D.; Remsen, D.; Schalk, P.; DeWalt, R.E.; Keping, M.; Miller, J.; Orrell, T.; Aalbu, R.; Adlard, R.; Adriaenssens, E.M.; Aedo, C.; Aescht, E.; Akkari, N.; Alfenas-Zerbini, P. (2022). "Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2022-03-21)". Catalogue of Life. doi:10.48580/dfpd.