Bipolaris
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| 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]
