| Nectriaceae | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Nectria cinnabarina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Nectriaceae Tul. & C.Tul. (1844) |
| Type genus | |
| Nectria (Fr.) Fr. (1849) | |
| Genera | |
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The Nectriaceae are a family of fungi in the order Hypocreales. The group was first circumscribed in 1865 by the French mycologists Charles and Louis Tulasne. [1]
According to a 2020 taxonomic review published in the journal Mycosphere, the family comprised 70 recognized genera and approximately 1,336 species. [2]
It is a highly diverse group with a worldwide distribution and it has higher diversity in warm temperate and tropical regions (Rossman et al. 1999; [3] Rossman 2000; Chaverri et al. 2011, Schroers et al. 2011, [4] Hyde et al. 2014, Lombard et al. 2015, [5] ). Several authors have studied and revised the taxonomy of Nectriaceae (Petch 1938; [6] Munk 1957; Dennis 1960; Kreisel 1969; Rossman et al. 1999; [3] Lumbsch and Huhndorf 2010; Lombard et al. 2015; Maharachchikumbura et al. 2016b). [7] A recent treatment of Nectriaceae was provided by Wijayawardene et al. (2022), they also accepted 70 genera within the family. [8]
As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020; (with number of species) [2]