Ceratocystis paradoxa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Phylum: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Subclass: | Hypocreomycetidae |
Order: | Microascales |
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Genus: | |
Species: | C. paradoxa |
Binomial name | |
Ceratocystis paradoxa (Dade) C. Moreau, (1952) |
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Synonyms | |
Ceratostomella paradoxa Dade, Trans. (1928) |
Ceratostomella paradoxa Dade, Trans. (1928)
Chalara paradoxa (De Seynes) Sacc., (1892)
Chalara thielavioides (Peyronel) Nag Raj & W.B. Kendr., (1975)
Chalaropsis thielavioides Peyronel, (1916)
Endoconidiophora paradoxa (De Seynes) R.W. Davidson, (1935)
Endoconidium fragrans Delacr., (1893)
Hughesiella euricoi Bat. & A.F. Vital, (1956)
Neocarpenteles acanthosporum (Udagawa & Takada) Udagawa & Uchiy., (2002)
Ophiostoma paradoxum (Dade) Nannf., (1934)
Sporoschisma paradoxum De Seynes, De la Formation de corps reproducteurs appelés Acrospores 3: 30 (1886)
Stilbochalara dimorpha Ferd. & Winge, (1910)
Thielaviopsis ethacetica Went [as 'ethaceticus'], (1893)
Thielaviopsis euricoi (Bat. & A.F. Vital) A.E. Paulin, T.C. Harr. & McNew, (2002)
Thielaviopsis paradoxa (De Seynes) Höhn., (1904)
Thielaviopsis thielavioides (Peyr.) A.E. Paulin, T.C. Harr. & McNew, (2002)
Ceratocystis paradoxa is a plant pathogen able to cause disease in many species.
It is a cosmopolitan fungus and has been reported from Ananas (Bromeliaceae), Cocos spp., Elaeis spp. (Arecaceae), Ipomoea spp. (Convolvulaceae), Musa spp. (Musaceae), Theobroma spp. (Malvaceae), Saccharum spp. (Poaceae) and other plant families and causes Leaf and fruit rot on them.
Pineapple black rot is one of the most important diseases caused by C. paradoxa.