Epichloë sinica
Species of fungus
Epichloë sinica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
Genus: | Epichloë |
Species: | E. sinica |
Binomial name | |
Epichloë sinica (Z.W. Wang, Y.L. Ji & Y. Kang) Leuchtm. | |
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Epichloë sinica is a hybrid asexual species in the fungal genus Epichloë.
A systemic and seed-transmissible grass symbiont first described in 2009,[1] Epichloë sinica is a natural allopolyploid of Epichloë bromicola and a strain in the Epichloë typhina complex.
Epichloë sinica is found in Asia, where it has been identified in species of the grass genus Roegneria.
References
- ^ Yan, Kang; Yanling, Ji; Xianghui, Sun; Lihui, Zhan; Wei, Li; Hanshou, Yu; Zhiwei, Wang (2009). "Taxonomy of Neotyphodium endophytes of Chinese native Roegneria plants". Mycologia. 101 (2): 211–219. doi:10.3852/08-018. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 19397194. S2CID 6307330.