Nomenclatural realignment of Neotyphodium species with genus Epichloë

Mycologia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 202-215

  Leuchtmann, Adrian ^a   Bacon, Charles W ^b   Schardl, Christopher L ^c   White Jr , James F ^d   Tadych, Mariusz ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anamorph; Ascomycota; Classification; Clavicipitaceae; Endophyte; Fungi; Grass; Nomenclature; Pleomorph; Poaceae; Systematic; Taxonomy; Teleomorph

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; FUNGUS; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; NOMENCLATURE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOPHYTE; EPICHLOE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOTYPHODIUM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE;

ENDOPHYTES; EPICHLOE; NEOTYPHODIUM; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE;

EID: 84900871677     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/13-251     Document Type: Article

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