PY53CH12-Crous ARI 24 July 2015 8:49 Identifying and Naming Plant-Pathogenic Fungi: Past, Present, and Future Pedro W. Crous,1,2,6 David L. Hawksworth,3,4,5 and Michael J. Wingfield6 1CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, 3584 CT Utrecht, Netherlands; email:
[email protected] 2WUR, Laboratory of Phytopathology, 6708 PB Wageningen, Netherlands 3Departamento de Biologıa´ Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramon´ y Cajal, Madrid 28040, Spain 4Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; email:
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[email protected] Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 2015. 53:247–67 Keywords First published online as a Review in Advance on Code of Nomenclature, DNA barcoding, MycoBank, phylogeny, May 27, 2015 polyphasic identification, systematics The Annual Review of Phytopathology is online at phyto.annualreviews.org Abstract This article’s doi: Scientific names are crucial in communicating knowledge about fungi. In 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080614-120245 plant pathology, they link information regarding the biology, host range, Copyright c 2015 by Annual Reviews. distribution, and potential risk. Our understanding of fungal biodiversity Access provided by National Library of Medicine on 08/21/15. For personal use only. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 2015.53:247-267. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org All rights reserved and fungal systematics has undergone an exponential leap, incorporating genomics, web-based systems, and DNA data for rapid identification to link species to metadata.