Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands
(a blight (a cause of Ink Disease))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phytophthora cinnamomi (a blight (a cause of Ink Disease))
Genus	Phytophthora (blights)
Family	PERONOSPORACEAE (downy mildews)
Order	PERONOSPORALES (downy mildews and white rusts)
Class	PERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
Phylum	OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
Kingdom	CHROMISTA (algae)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Phytophthora cinnamomi is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Oomycota)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Oomycota)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Fox, R.T.V.	1991	Fungal foes in your garden no 13: Phytophthora Root Rot	Mycologist Vol 05 (3): 119.

Phytophthora cinnamomi (a blight (a cause of Ink Disease) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Phytophthora
(blights)

PERONOSPORACEAE
(downy mildews)

PERONOSPORALES
(downy mildews and white rusts)

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phytophthora cinnamomi (a blight (a cause of Ink Disease)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phytophthora cinnamomi (a blight (a cause of Ink Disease)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Phytophthora cinnamomi is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)