Cephalosporium gramineum [SEP] parent taxon
Cephalosporium gramineum
Cephalosporium gramineum or Hymenula cerealis is a plant pathogen that causes cephalosporium stripe of wheat and other grasses. It was first reported in Japan in 1930. The disease can cause yield losses of up to 50% by causing death of tillers and reducing seed production and seed size. The disease causes broad yellow or brown stripes along the length of the leaf and discolouration of the leaf veins. The fungus spreads through the soil, and enters the plant through wounds in its roots. Early planting of winter wheat when the
E. gramineum" and "E. patulipetalum" . Reichenbach 1861 listed "E. gramineum" as a separate species, in the subgenus he called "Euepidendrum" , a taxon of reed-stemmed "Epidendrum" plants with inflorescences that lack any spathe or sheath at the base; the description does not specifically mention the base of the inflorescence.
The binomial "Epidendrum parviflorum" has also been published for two additional species:
- "Epidendrum parviflorum" for "Prosthechea ochracea"
- "Epidendrum parviflorum"