Bipolaris | |
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Bipolaris leaf blight of kentia palm caused by Bipolaris incurvata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Pleosporales |
Family: | Pleosporaceae |
Genus: | Bipolaris Shoemaker (1959) |
Type species | |
Bipolaris maydis |
Bipolaris is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Pleosporaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Robert A. Shoemaker in 1959.[1]
It has a cosmopolitan distribution worldwide.[2]