Zhang, Meng,  Zhi–Shen Chen & Tian–Yu Zhang. Taxonomic studies of Alternaria from China. 12. Three taxa on Paeonia suffruticosa. Mycotaxon 103: 269–272. 2008.

ABSTRACT: Three species of Alternaria on Paeonia suffruticosa are reported: A. suffruticosae, A. suffruticosicola, and A. tenuissima.  The first two taxa are described as new species. A. suffruticosae is the first large-spored Alternaria species reported on plants of the family Ranunculaceae. A. suffruticosicola differs from other species reported on Ranunculaceae by its characteristic Alternaria infectoria-like sporulation pattern. Type specimens are deposited in the Herbarium of Henan Agricultural University: Fungi (HHAUF).

KEYWORDS: taxonomy, hyphomycetes, leaf spots