Alternaria vignae sp. nov. (Ascomycota: Pleosporaceae) from Vigna unguiculata in China Author Huang, Cheng Xin 0000-0001-7770-5242 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China & Forewarning and Management of Agricultural and Forestry Pests, Hubei Engineering Technology Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China & chengxinhuang @ outlook. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7770 - 5242 chengxinhuang@outlook.com Author Liu, Feng Yin 0000-0003-3114-603X Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China & Forewarning and Management of Agricultural and Forestry Pests, Hubei Engineering Technology Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China & 2314220882 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3114 - 603 X 2314220882@qq.com Author Gou, Ya Nan 0000-0002-9805-1257 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China & Forewarning and Management of Agricultural and Forestry Pests, Hubei Engineering Technology Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China & 1157906791 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9805 - 1257 1157906791@qq.com Author Deng, Jian Xin 0000-0001-7304-5603 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China & Forewarning and Management of Agricultural and Forestry Pests, Hubei Engineering Technology Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China & djxin 555 @ yangtzeu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7304 - 5603 djxin555@yangtzeu.edu.cn Author Li, Mei Jia 0000-0001-6324-2515 Institute of Special Wild Economic Animals and Plants, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Changchun 130112, China & 282737690 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6324 - 2515 282737690@qq.com text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-08-08 556 3 281 290 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.556.3.4 journal article 116581 10.11646/phytotaxa.556.3.4 f1d9f25b-e0fa-41d2-ac73-33df017d719a 1179-3163 6972874

TABLE 2. Morphological comparison among Alternaria vignae and its relevant species.

Species	Strain	Host	Conidia			Medium
along filiform beak, bshort blunted beak, cbeakless, ddetermined in this study; ereferenced from Gannibal et al. (2022); freferenced from Simmons (2007); greferenced from Cheng et al. 2022; hreferenced from Deng et al. (2014); ireferenced from Nishikawa & Nakashima (2020); Tex-type strain
			Body (μm)	Beak (μm)	Transepta
A. brassicae	CBS 116528	Brassica oleracea	150 - 200 × 20 - 35	-	10 - 12	V8Af
A. helianthiinficiens	YZU 161169	Cosmos bipinnatus	53 - 82 × 13 - 30a	76 - 306	5 - 10	PCAd
			47 - 85 × 16 - 26b	23 - 90	5 - 9
			47 - 79 × 13 - 30c	-	6 - 8
			49-80 × 13-22 a	106-240	4-9	V8A d
			39-77 × 13-21b	16-94	6-11
			43-62 × 12-18 c	-	4-8
	MF P024011	Sonchus arvensis	35 - 65 × 16 - 20	up to 300+	7 - 9	PCAe
	CBS 117370	Helianthus annuus	65(-75) - 110 × 19 - 25	up to 250 - 300+	7 - 10	V8Af
	YZU 201210	Cannabis sativa	62-117(-124) × 16-42	14-138(-175)	3-8	PCAg
A. peucedani	CNU 111485	Peucedanum japonicum	50 - 120 × 15 - 50	15 - 40	3-11	PCAh
A. sonchi	CBS 119675	Sonchus asper	50-65 × 18-25	-	1 - 9	PCAf
A. triangularis	AC95	Bupleurum rotundifolium	14 - 53 × 6 - 33	up to 47	5 - 7	V8Ai
A. vignae	YZU 171714 T	Vigna unguiculata	49-83 × 15-30a	114-324	5-9	PCAd
			50 - 75 × 14-32b	13-96	5-8
			43-94 × 15-31c	-	4-8
			53-63 × 15-18 a	100-150	6-8	V8 Ad
			45-76 × 12-20 c	16-94	6-10
			46-67 × 13-17 b	-	5-8