Current nomenclatural changes in Cordyceps sensu lato and its multidisciplinary impacts

Innumerable name changes have occurred in Cordyceps and allied taxa, after the phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps, coupled by the application of one fungus one name after the amendment of ICN. Complying with one fungus one name, many generic names have been protected for monophyletic clades in...

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Published in:Mycology 2017-10, Vol.8 (4), p.293-302
Main Authors: Shrestha, Bhushan, Sung, Gi-Ho, Sung, Jae-Mo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classification
Clavicipitaceae
Cordyceps
Cordyceps sensu lato
entomopathogenic fungi
Fungi
Genera
Invited
medicinal fungi
Name changes
nomenclatural changes
Nomenclature
one fungus one name
Ophiocordycipitaceae
phylogenetic classification
Phylogeny
Scientific papers
Taxa
Taxonomic revision
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Summary:Innumerable name changes have occurred in Cordyceps and allied taxa, after the phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps, coupled by the application of one fungus one name after the amendment of ICN. Complying with one fungus one name, many generic names have been protected for monophyletic clades in Clavicipitaceae and Ophiocordycipitaceae that have made tremendous transfer of Cordyceps spp. to both sexual and asexual genera. Species compositions of the accepted genera Ophiocordyceps, Tolypocladium, Metarhizium, Perennicordyceps, Polycephalomyces and Purpureocillium are briefly discussed to update the readers with the current placements of Cordyceps spp. Some examples of frequent name changes of Cordyceps spp. are also mentioned, with reference to use of older scientific names in non-mycological publications.
ISSN:2150-1203
2150-1211
DOI:10.1080/21501203.2017.1386242