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PHYTOPATHOLOGY
Volume 103, Issue 5, Pages 400-408Publisher
AMER PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-07-12-0150-LE
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BBS/E/C/00005203] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRC [BBS/E/C/00005203] Funding Source: UKRI
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In this letter, we advocate recognizing the genus Fusarium as the sole name for a group that includes virtually all Fusarium species of importance in plant pathology, mycotoxicology, medicine, and basic research. This phylogenetically guided circumscription will free scientists from any obligation to use other genus names, including teleomorphs, for species nested within this clade, and preserve the application of the name Fusarium in the way it has been used for almost a century. Due to recent changes in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, this is an urgent matter that requires community attention. The alternative is to break the longstanding concept of Fusarittm into nine or more genera, and remove important taxa such as those in the E solani species complex from the genus, a move we believe is unnecessary. Here we present taxonomic and nomenclatural proposals that will preserve established research connections and facilitate communication within alid between research communities, and at the same time support strong scientific principles and good taxonomic practice.
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