Higher Classification: > Kingdom Fungi > Division Ascomycota > Subdivision Pezizomycotina > Class Dothideomycetes > Subclass Pleosporomycetidae > Order Pleosporales > Family Pleosporaceae > Genus Alternaria

Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alternaria*	Nees	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Alternaria tenuis*	Nees, 1816	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Clipson, N.; Landy, E.; Otte, M. (2001). Fungi, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 15-19
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
nomenclatural reference	Beih. bot. Zbl., Abt. 2 29: 434. 1912
ecology source	Kimura, N.; Tsuge, T. (1993). Gene cluster involved in melanin biosynthesis of the filamentous fungus Alternaria alternata. Journal of Bacteriology. 75(14): 4427-4435.

Genbank

Citation

Index Fungorum Partnership (2025). Index Fungorum. Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl., 1912. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100487

Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl. Accessed through: Index Fungorum at http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=119834