Westea
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| Genus: | Westea (1988)
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| Westea banksiae H.J.Swart (1988)
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Westea is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).[1] A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Westea banksiae, which grows on Banksia trees in Australia. Described by South African botanist , it was originally collected from the leaves of Banksia integrifolia in Victoria.[2]
See also[]
- List of Dothideomycetes genera incertae sedis
References[]
- ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
- ^ Swart HJ. (1988). "Australian leaf-inhabiting fungi. 29. Some Ascomycetes on Banksia". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 91 (3): 453–65. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(88)80122-0.
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