''Celoporthe'' is a
genus of
ascomycete
Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The defi ...
fungi within the family
Cryphonectriaceae
Cryphonectriaceae is a family of fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are ...
. It was circumscribed in 2006 to contain the
type species ''
Celoporthe dispersa
''Celoporthe'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi within the family Cryphonectriaceae. It was circumscribed in 2006 to contain the type species '' Celoporthe dispersa'', which was found in South Africa growing on trees in the Myrtales. In 2011, se ...
'', which was found in South Africa growing on trees in the
Myrtales
The Myrtales are an order of flowering plants placed as a sister to the eurosids II clade as of the publishing of the ''Eucalyptus grandis'' genome in June 2014.
The APG III system of classification for angiosperms still places it within the eur ...
.
In 2011, several species were described from China and Indonesia: ''
C. eucalypti'', ''
C. guangdongensis'', ''
C. indonesiensis'', and ''
C. syzygii''.
Molecular
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analysis of DNA sequences revealed an additional two species from South Africa in 2013, ''
C. fontana'' and ''
C. woodiana''
and in 2020 three more species from Hawaii were added to the genus.
References
External links
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Sordariomycetes genera
Diaporthales
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