Published February 11, 2022 | Version v1
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Pleocatenata chiangraiensis gen. et. sp. nov. (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes) from medicinal plants in northern Thailand

  • 1. Guizhou University, Guiyang, China|Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
  • 2. Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand|University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
  • 3. Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China|Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
  • 4. Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
  • 5. Guizhou University, Guiyang, China

Description

Pleocatenata, a new genus, is introduced with its type species, Pleocatenata chiangraiensis, which was isolated from withered twigs of two medicinal plants, Clerodendrum quadriloculare (Blanco) Merr (Verbenaceae) and Tarenna stellulata (Hook.f.) Ridl (Rubiaceae) in northern Thailand. The genus is characterized by mononematous, septate, brown or dark brown conidiophores, monotretic conidiogenous cells and catenate, obclavate, olivaceous to blackish brown conidia. Phylogenetic analysis of combined LSU, SSU, tef1-α, rpb2 and ITS sequence data showed Pleocatenata forms a distinct phylogenetic lineage in Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes. Therefore, we treat Pleocatenata as Pleosporales genera incertae sedis based on morphology and phylogenetic analyses. Descriptions and illustrations of the new taxa are provided, and it is compared with morphologically similar genera.

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