Biology:Epichloë sinica

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Short description: Species of fungus

Epichloë sinica
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Epichloë
Species:
E. sinica
Binomial name
Epichloë sinica
(Z.W. Wang, Y.L. Ji & Y. Kang)
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Synonyms
  • Neotyphodium sinicum Z.W. Wang, Y.L. Ji & Y. Kang

Epichloë sinica is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.

A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2009,[1] Epichloë sinica is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë bromicola and a strain in the Epichloë typhina complex.

Epichloë sinica is found in Asia, where it has been identified in species of the grass genus Roegneria.

References

  1. Yan, Kang; Yanling, Ji; Xianghui, Sun; Lihui, Zhan; Wei, Li; Hanshou, Yu; Zhiwei, Wang (2009). "Taxonomy of Neotyphodium endophytes of Chinese native Roegneria plants". Mycologia 101 (2): 211–219. doi:10.3852/08-018. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 19397194. 

Wikidata ☰ Q79152345 entry