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Mycosphaerella is a genus of ascomycota. With more than 10,000 species, it is the largest genus of plant pathogen fungi. The following introduction about the fungal genus Mycosphaerella is copied (with permission) from the dissertation of W. Quaedvlieg (named: Re-evaluating Mycosphaerella and allied genera). [1]
Syzygium samarangense, with a cross section of the fruit. Syzygium ( / sɪˈzɪdʒiːəm /) [3] is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus comprises about 1200 species, [4] [5] [6] and has a native range that extends from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific. [7]
Rhubarb is the fleshy, edible stalks ( petioles) of species and hybrids (culinary rhubarb) of Rheum in the family Polygonaceae, which are cooked and used for food. [2] The plant is a herbaceous perennial that grows from short, thick rhizomes. Historically, different plants have been called "rhubarb" in English.
Aloe vera (/ ˈ æ l oʊ (i) v ɛr ə, v ɪər-/) is a succulent plant species of the genus Aloe. It is widely distributed, and is considered an invasive species in many world regions.. An evergreen perennial, it originates from the Arabian Peninsula, but also grows wild in tropical, semi-tropical, and arid climates around the world.
Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C.Y.Wu. Orthosiphon aristatus, commonly known as cat's whiskers or Java tea, is a plant species in the family Lamiaceae (also known Labiatae). The plant is a medicinal herb found mainly throughout southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, South East Asia, and tropical Queensland, Australia.
Arrowleaf elephant ear ( Xanthosoma sagittifolium ), clearly showing the characteristic spadix and spathe. The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract ).
Albizia chinensis is a species of legume in the genus Albizia, native to south and Southeast asia, from India to China and Indonesia.. The genus is named after the Italian nobleman Filippo degli Albizzi, belonging to the famous Florentine family Albizzi, who introduced it to Europe in the mid-18th century, and it is sometimes incorrectly spelled Albizzia.
Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta ( / pɪˈnɒfɪtə, ˈpaɪnoʊfaɪtə / ), also known as Coniferophyta ( / ˌkɒnɪfəˈrɒfɪtə, - oʊfaɪtə /) or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida.