Claviceps africana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hypocreales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holomycota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Sordariomycetes Subclassis: Hypocreomycetidae Ordo: Hypocreales

Familia: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Claviceps
Species: Claviceps africana

Name

Claviceps africana Freder., Mantle & De Milliano, Mycol. Res. 95(9): 1106 (1991)

• Holotype: IMI 343772.

• Type locality: On Sorghum bicolor: Zimbabwe.

References

Primary references

• Frederickson, D.E., Mantle, P.G. & De Milliano, W.A.J. 1991. Claviceps africana sp. nov.; the distinctive ergot pathogen of Sorghum in Africa. Mycological Research 95: 1101–1107. DOI: 10.1016/S0953-7562(09)80555-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Index Fungorum: IF 355279
• MycoBank: MB 355279