# Vestergrenia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vestergrenia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vestergrenia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestergrenia > Source revision: 1125401671 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |taxon = Vestergrenia |authority = [Rehm.](/source/Heinrich_Rehm), 1901 |type_species = ''Vestergrenia nervisequia'' |type_species_authority = Rehm (1901) |synonyms = {{species list |Catacaumella |Theissen & H.Sydow, 1915 |Coscinopeltella |Chardón, 1930 |Whetzelia |C.E.Chardon & R.A.Toro, 1934 }} }} '''''Vestergrenia''''' is a genus of [fungi](/source/fungi) belonging to the family [Dothideaceae](/source/Dothideaceae).{{GBIF |id=5261837 |taxon=''Vestergrenia'' |accessdate=3 December 2022}} The type species is ''Vestergrenia nervisequia''.{{cite web |url=https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/field/Mycobank%20%23/5733 |title=Mycobank: ''Vestergrenia'' |website=www.mycobank.org|accessdate=3 December 2022}} The genus was [circumscribed](/source/circumscription_(taxonomy)) by [Heinrich Simon Ludwig Friedrich Felix Rehm](/source/Heinrich_Rehm) in Hedwigia vol.40 on page 100 in 1901. The genus name of ''Vestergrenia'' is in honour of Jacob Tycho Conrad Vestergren (1875–1930), who was a Swedish teacher and [botanist](/source/botanist) (Mycology). He taught chemistry und botany at various schools and university institutions in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm).{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022| s2cid=246307410 }} ==Affects== It has been found on the dead stems of ''[Cryptostegia grandiflora](/source/Cryptostegia_grandiflora)'' in [Kannad](/source/Kannad), India. It causes roundish, dark brown spots about 1mm wide. Scientific Publishers {{google books|Sk1MAAAAYAAJ|Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany: Additional series, Issue 30, 2008|page=47}} In New Zealand, ''Vestergrenia leucopogonis'' {{Au|Hansf. 1957}} was found on ''[Cyathodes fasciculata](/source/Cyathodes_fasciculata)'' and ''[Leucopogon fasciculatus](/source/Leucopogon_fasciculatus)''.S. R. Pennycook {{google books|kSdBAAAAYAAJ|Plant Diseases Recorded in New Zealand: Part II, Fungal plant diseases, 1989|page=435}} ==Distribution== The genus has almost [cosmopolitan distribution](/source/cosmopolitan_distribution), for example species ''Vestergrenia multipunctata'' {{Au|(G. Winter) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} is found in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand),{{cite web |title=''Vestergrenia multipunctata'' (G. Winter) Arx & E. Müll. 1954 - Biota of NZ |url=https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/1cb1ab8d-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c |website=biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz |access-date=3 December 2022}} with ''Vestergrenia leucopogonis'' {{Au|Hansf. 1957}}.{{cite web |title=''Vestergrenia leucopogonis'' Hansf. 1957 - Biota of NZ |url=https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/1cb1ab8c-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c |website=biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz |access-date=3 December 2022}} While specimens of ''Vestergrenia nervisequia'' {{Au|Rehm}} were found in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), Brazil.{{cite web |title=Type of ''Vestergrenia nervisequia'' Rehm [family DOTHIDEACEAE] on JSTOR |url=https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.s-f10703 |website=plants.jstor.org |access-date=3 December 2022 }} ''Vestergrenia pandani'' {{Au|P.B. Chavan & Hosag. (1984)}} has been recorded in India.Alaka Pande {{google books|2xmVDwAAQBAJ|Ascomycetes of Peninsular India (2008)|page=534}} ==Species== As accepted by [Species Fungorum](/source/Species_Fungorum);{{cite web |title=Vestergrenia - Search Page |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp?strGenus=Vestergrenia |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |publisher=Species Fungorum |access-date=3 December 2022}} {{div col}} *''[Vestergrenia achyranthis](/source/Vestergrenia_achyranthis)'' {{Au|(T.S. Ramakr.) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} *''[Vestergrenia atropurpurea](/source/Vestergrenia_atropurpurea)'' {{Au|(Chardón) Wulandari (2014)}} *''[Vestergrenia bosei](/source/Vestergrenia_bosei)'' {{Au|E. Müll. (1958)}} *''[Vestergrenia cestri](/source/Vestergrenia_cestri)'' {{Au|(Pat.) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} *''[Vestergrenia chaenostoma](/source/Vestergrenia_chaenostoma)'' {{Au|(Sacc.) Theiss. (1918)}} *''[Vestergrenia clerodendri](/source/Vestergrenia_clerodendri)'' {{Au|(Syd. & P. Syd.) Theiss. (1918)}} *''[Vestergrenia clusiae](/source/Vestergrenia_clusiae)'' {{Au|Petr. (1963)}} *''[Vestergrenia daphniphylli](/source/Vestergrenia_daphniphylli)'' {{Au|Tak. Kobay. (1976)}} *''[Vestergrenia dinochloae](/source/Vestergrenia_dinochloae)'' {{Au|(Rehm) Wulandari (2014)}} *''[Vestergrenia egenula](/source/Vestergrenia_egenula)'' {{Au|(Syd.) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} *''[Vestergrenia globosa](/source/Vestergrenia_globosa)'' {{Au|I. Hino & Katum. (1958)}} *''[Vestergrenia indica](/source/Vestergrenia_indica)'' {{Au|Anahosur (1971)}} *''[Vestergrenia ixorae](/source/Vestergrenia_ixorae)'' {{Au|C. Ramesh (1988)}}Marathwada University, 1988 {{google books|eq9KAAAAYAAJ|Indian Botanical Reporter: IBR., Volume 7|page=105}} *''[Vestergrenia justiciae](/source/Vestergrenia_justiciae)'' {{Au|(F. Stevens) Petr. (1934)}} *''[Vestergrenia kamatii](/source/Vestergrenia_kamatii)'' {{Au|Anahosur (1976)}} *''[Vestergrenia leucopogonis](/source/Vestergrenia_leucopogonis)'' {{Au|Hansf. (1957)}} *''[Vestergrenia multipunctata](/source/Vestergrenia_multipunctata)'' {{Au|(G. Winter) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} *''[Vestergrenia neolitseae](/source/Vestergrenia_neolitseae)'' {{Au|I. Hino & Katum. (1964)}} *''[Vestergrenia nervisequia](/source/Vestergrenia_nervisequia)'' {{Au|Rehm (1901)}} *''[Vestergrenia pandani](/source/Vestergrenia_pandani)'' {{Au|P.B. Chavan & Hosag. (1984)}} *''[Vestergrenia pipericola](/source/Vestergrenia_pipericola)'' {{Au|(F. Stevens) Petr. (1934)}} *''[Vestergrenia sarcococcae](/source/Vestergrenia_sarcococcae)'' {{Au|E. Müll. (1958)}} *''[Vestergrenia tetrazygiae](/source/Vestergrenia_tetrazygiae)'' {{Au|(F. Stevens) Wulandari (2014)}} *''[Vestergrenia venezuelensis](/source/Vestergrenia_venezuelensis)'' {{Au|(Chardón & Toro) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} {{div col end}} Former species; * ''V. heterostemmatis'' {{Au|(T.S. Ramakr. & K. Ramakr.) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} = ''[Guignardia heterostemmatis](/source/Guignardia_heterostemmatis)'', [Phyllostictaceae](/source/Phyllostictaceae) family * ''V. micheliae'' {{Au|(Syd.) Arx & E. Müll. (1954)}} = ''[Phyllachorella micheliae](/source/Phyllachorella_micheliae)'', Dothideaceae * ''V. umbellata'' {{Au|(Vestergr.) Died. (1913)}} = ''[Petasodes umbellata](/source/Petasodes_umbellata)'', [Diaporthaceae](/source/Diaporthaceae) family ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.gbif.org/species/5261837 ''Vestergrenia'' images and occurrence data] from [GBIF](/source/GBIF) {{Taxonbar|from=Q10714655}} Category:Dothideales Category:Taxa described in 1901 Category:Dothideomycetes genera --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Vestergrenia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestergrenia) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestergrenia?action=history)). 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