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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Phylogeny and morphology of Anthracoidea pamiroalaica sp. nov. infecting the endemic sedge Carex koshewnikowii in the Pamir Alai Mts (Tajikistan)

Marcin PiątekMatthias LutzArkadiusz NowakMarcin Nobis

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Species complexCarexPhylogenetic treeUstilaginalesPlant ScienceBiologybiology.organism_classificationAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)CarexCentral AsiaPhylogeneticsCryptic speciesBotanyPlant pathogensSmut fungiTaxonomy (biology)AnthracoideaUstilaginalesEndemismEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsAnthracoidea

description

A novel Anthracoidea species, A. pamiroalaica on the endemic sedge Carex koshewnikowii, is described and illustrated from the Pamir Alai Mts in Tajikistan (Central Asia). The new species is phenotypically nearly identical with Anthracoidea sempervirentis, but clearly divergent genetically. Phylogenetic analyses based on LSU sequences showed affinity of Anthracoidea pamiroalaica to A. baldensis, A. rupestris, A. capillaris, and A. vankyi infecting host sedges in different Carex sections (Baldenses, Rupestres, Chlorostachyae, and Phaestoglochin, respectively), but not to A. misandrae, and A. sempervirentis, two sequenced species parasitic on host species from the section Aulocystis. This phylogenetic placement is briefly discussed in the context of Anthracoidea evolution.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2015-11-28Mycological Progress
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-015-1140-1