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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol.
Sec. Fungal Pathogenesis
Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1520125
This article is part of the Research Topic Molecular Taxonomy of Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes: Unveiling Fungal Diversity and Evolution View all 10 articles
Morphological and phylogenetic analyses of Bipolaris species associated with Poales and Asparagales hosts plants in Iran
Provisionally accepted
Abdollah Ahmadpour 1*
Zeinab Heidarian 1
Youbert Ghosta 1
Zahra Alavi 1
Fatemeh Alavi 1 Dimuthu S Manamgoda 2 Jaturong Kumla 3
Samantha Chandranath Karunarathna 4 Henrique Pabulo 5 Nakarin Suwannarach 3*- 1 Urmia University, Urmia, West Azerbaijan, Iran
- 2 University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
- 3 Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- 4 Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan, China
- 5 Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Bipolaris species exhibit various ecological roles including plant pathogens, epiphytes, saprophytes, or endophytes primarily associated with poaceous hosts, including cultivated cereals. Iran is known for its diverse climates and rich flora, serves as a hotspot for fungal diversity. In this study, to determine the species diversity of Bipolaris associated with members of the Poales and Asparagales plant orders, samples with leaf and stem lesion symptoms were collected from these plants across various locations in Iran between 2010 and 2022. Based on the morphological characteristics and multi-locus phylogeny (ITS-rDNA, GAPDH, and TEF1), nine Bipolaris species were identified: Bipolaris avrinica sp. nov., B. azarbaijanica sp. nov., B. banihashemii sp. nov., B. hedjaroudei sp. nov., B. hemerocallidis sp. nov., B. iranica sp. nov., B. persica sp. nov., B. crotonis, and B. salkadehensis. Bipolaris crotonis represents a new record for Iran's funga, while B. salkadehensis has been documented on several new hosts globally.The study provides detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations of all identified species, along with insights into their habitats, distributions, and phylogenetic relationships within the Bipolaris genus. This study also emphasizes the need for further research into fungal biodiversity in Iran and provides significant data on the distribution and host range of Bipolaris species.
Keywords: Helminthosporioid fungi, morphology, Seven novel species, phylogeny, Pleosporaceae, Taxonomy. 1. INTRODUCTION
Received: 30 Oct 2024; Accepted: 05 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ahmadpour, Heidarian, Ghosta, Alavi, Alavi, Manamgoda, Kumla, Karunarathna, Pabulo and Suwannarach. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Abdollah Ahmadpour, Urmia University, Urmia, 57135, West Azerbaijan, Iran
Nakarin Suwannarach, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
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