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Phytophthora de Bary, 1876 (blight fungi)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #refs #webs
Species Phytophthora citricola Sawada, 1927 (a blight fungus)   1
Species Phytophthora erythroseptica Pethybr., 1913 (a blight fungus)   1
Species Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary, 1876 (Potato Blight Or Potato Late Blight (Causative Agent))   6
Species Phytophthora porri Foister, 1931 (a blight fungus)   1
Species Phytophthora ramorum Werres., De Cock & Man in't Veld (Sudden Oak Death (Causative Organism), Sod) 7 29
Species Phytophthora syringae (Kleb.) Kleb., 1909 (a blight fungus) 1 1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Waterhouse, G.M. & Blackwell, E.M., 1954 Key to the Species of Phytophthora recorded from the British Isles
Waterhouse, G.M., 1963 Key to the Species of Phytophthora de Bary
Waterhouse, G.M., 1970 The Genus Phytophthora

General Works

Jung, T., et al, 2005 Involvement of Phytophthora species in the decline of European beech in Europe and the USA.

Phytophthora may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
CHROMISTA
(algae)
OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Phytophthora:

Phytophthora may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

CHROMISTA
(algae)

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