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Curvularia
Sign in to saveCurvularia is a genus of hyphomycete (mold) fungi which can be pathogens but also act as beneficial partners of many plant species. They are common in soil. Most Curvularia species are found in tropical regions, though a few are found in temperate zones.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassDothideomycetes
- OrderPleosporales
- FamilyPleosporaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 122
- With media
- 20
- Family
- Pleosporaceae
- Collections
- FESI-UNAM, ILLS, GAM, BPI, WSP, FLAS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
Research
1,338 papers- Curvularia keratitis.Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society · 2001
- Curvularia lunata and Curvularia Leaf Spot of Maize in China.ACS omega · 2022
- Bilateral Curvularia Keratitis.Journal of ophthalmic & vision research · 2020
- Curvularia alcornii Infection.The New England journal of medicine · 2021
- Curvularia/Drechslera sinusitis.The Laryngoscope · 1990
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pleosporaceae
- Image
- Curvularia geniculata 01.jpg
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- taxon name
- Curvularia
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Curvularia
- taxon author citation
- Boedijn
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Heat-tolerance symbiote
- Species
- References
- External links
Curvularia is a genus of hyphomycete (mold) fungi which can be pathogens but also act as beneficial partners of many plant species. They are common in soil. Most Curvularia species are found in tropical regions, though a few are found in temperate zones.
Curvularia is defined by the type species C. lunata (Wakker) Boedijn.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Curvularia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.