Phylogenetics and taxonomy of Telimenaceae (Phyllachorales) from Central America

• Published in: Mycological progress Vol. 19; no. 12; pp. 1587 - 1599
• Main Authors: Mardones, M., Trampe-Jaschik, T., Piepenbring, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-12-2020
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Ecology; Life Sciences; Microbiology; Original Article; Plant Sciences; Three new combinations; Panama; Tropical tar spot fungi; One new species; Euphorbiaceae; Meliaceae; Costa Rica
• ISSN: 1617-416X; 1861-8952
• DOI: 10.1007/s11557-020-01649-6

Since the circumscription of the genera
Phyllachora
and
Telimena
has been emended, several neotropical non-graminicolous species of
Phyllachora
have been transferred to
Telimena
, and several species of
Telimena
have been newly described. In order to better understand the species diversity and taxonomy of neotropical tar spot fungi, symptomatic leaves of non-graminicolous hosts of
Trichilia
sp. (Meliaceae) and
Acalypha
spp. (Euphorbiaceae) were collected in Costa Rica and Panama.
Telimena trichiliae
is newly described from Panama and
Phyllachora acalyphae
,
Ph. Pichinchae
, and
Ph. balansae
are newly combined into
Telimena
. Detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations are provided. New synonyms and records of
Telimena
are also presented, together with new morphological, host plant, and molecular data. We also present a revision and a dichotomous key for neotropical tar spot fungi on the host family Meliaceae.