Morphological and molecular data reveal cryptic speciation in Lasiodiplodia theobromae.

By A. Alves, P. W. Crous, António Correia, A. Phillips. 2008

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The Botryosphaeriaceae: genera and species known from culture (2013, methodology): “Amplification and nucleotide sequencing of the EF1-α and β-tubulin genes were performed as described previously (Alves et al. 2006, 2008).”
Fungal diversity in wounded stems of Aquilaria malaccensis (2010, background): “Lasiodiplodia theobromae is another endophyte and has been isolated from several tree species including cocoa (Mbenoun et al. 2008), however, the taxonomy of this group is unsettled (Alves et al. 2008).”
Pathogenic Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Mangifera indica in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia (2011, unknown): “Lasiodiplodia sp. 1 and 2 fall within the L. theobromae species complex, and represent additional cryptic species to the eight described Lasiodiplodia species within the complex (Damm et al. 2007; Alves et al. 2008; Abdollahzadeh et al. 2010; Begoude et al. 2010).”
Endophytic and canker-associated Botryosphaeriaceae occurring on non-native Eucalyptus and native Myrtaceae trees in Uruguay (2010, background): “The Botryosphaeriaceae is a very diverse group of fungi that includes endophytes and plant pathogens of trees and plants (Alves et al. 2008; Huang et al. 2008; Lazzizera et al. 2008).”
Microfungi on Tectona grandis (teak) in Northern Thailand (2016, background): “It possesses septate paraphyses, the conidia are slightly smaller and narrower (23 × 13 versus 26.2 × 14.2 μm), than those reported by Alves et al. (2008) for the neotype.”
Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Terminalia catappa in Cameroon, South Africa and Madagascar (2010, background): “Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae emerged from a recent separation of cryptic species originally identified as L. theobromae (Alves et al. 2008).”
Endophytes as potential pathogens of the baobab species Adansonia gregorii: a focus on the Botryosphaeriaceae (2011, background): “Lasiodiplodia parva was recently described from cassava field soil in Colombia and Theobroma cacao in Sri Lanka (Alves et al. 2008).”