List of foliage plant diseases (Commelinaceae)

This is a list of diseases of foliage plants belonging to the family Commelinaceae.

Plant Species

Plant species
A	Aneilema aequinoctiale	clinging aneilema
C	Commelina spp.
G	Gibasis spp.
M	Murdannia nudiflora
R	Tradescantia spathacea	oyster plant
S	Siderasis fuscata
Ti	Tinantia erecta
Tr	Tradescantia spp.	Spiderworts (wandering Jew and others)
Z	Tradescantia zebrina	wandering Jew

Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases
Common name	Scientific name	Plants affected
Pythium root rot	Pythium spp.	R
Tan leaf spot	Curvularia eragrostidis = Pseudocochliobolus eragrostidis Cochliobolus eragrostidis [teleomorph]	R, T

Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic
Common name	Scientific name	Plants affected
Root-knot (nematode) (also called leaf gall)	Meloidogyne incognita	S

Viral diseases

Viral diseases
Common/species name	Genus name	Plants affected
Aneilema virus (AV)	Potyvirus	A,C,M,Ti
Brome mosaic virus (BMV)	Bromovirus	C
Clover yellow vein virus (CYVV)	Potyvirus	G,T,Ti
Commelina mosaic virus (CoMV)	Potyvirus	C,R
Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)	Cucumovirus	C,M
Tobacco mild green mosaic virus (TMGMV = U2-TMV)	Tobamovirus	R
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV = U1-TMV)	Tobamovirus	R
Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV)	Tobamovirus	R,T
Tradescantia mosaic virus (TZV)	Potyvirus	C,G,R,T,Z

References

• Viruses Infecting Wild and Cultivated Species of the Commelinaceae
• Characterization and Electron Microscopy of a Potyvirus Infecting Commelina diffusa. Commelina mosaic virus
• Commelina mosaic virus
• Characterization of a Potyvirus Causing a Leaf Distortion Disease of Trandescantia and Zebrina Species
• Trandescantia mosaic virus
• Brome Mosaic Virus Isolates Naturally Infecting Commelina diffusa and C. communis
• Mosaic Disease of Rhoeo discolor Caused by a Strain of Tobacco Mosaic Virus
• Tobacco mild green mosaic virus(U2-TMV)
• A Lethal Disease of Tomato Experimentally Induced by RNA-5 Associated with Cucumber Mosaic Virus Isolated from Commelina from El Salvador