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SUBMITTER: Roets F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2846123 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roets F F Dreyer L L LL Wingfield M J MJ Begerow D D
Persoonia 20081110
The smut genus Thecaphora contains plant parasitic microfungi that typically infect very specific plant organs. In this study, we describe a new species of Thecaphora from Oxalis lanata var. rosea (Oxalidaceae) in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. Molecular phylogenetic reconstructions based on large subunit ribosomal DNA sequence data confirmed the generic placement of the fungus and confirmed that it represents an undescribed species for which the name T. capensis sp. nov. is provided ...[more]