Sawadaea

Sawadaea is a genus of fungi in the family Erysiphaceae (powdery mildews).^[1] The widespread genus contains nine species.^[2] One more species was added in 2011.^[3]

Sawadaea
Sawadaea bicornis growing on maple
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Erysiphales
Family:	Erysiphaceae
Genus:	Sawadaea Miyabe (1914)
Type species
Sawadaea aceris (DC.) Miyabe (1914)

The genus was circumscribed by Kingo Miyabe in J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. vol.38 (3) on pages 286, 371, 374 and 449 in 1937.

The genus name of Sawadaea is in honour of Kaneyoshi (Kenkichi) Sawada (1888–1950), who was a Japanese botanist and mycologist. He worked at the College of Agriculture in the National Taiwan University.^[4]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[3]

• Sawadaea aesculi R.Y. Zheng & G.Q. Chen (1980)
• Sawadaea bicornis (Wallr.) Homma (1937)
• Sawadaea bifida V.P. Heluta (1990)
• Sawadaea bomiensis R.Y. Zheng & G.Q. Chen (1980)
• Sawadaea koelreuteriae (I. Miyake) H.D. Shin & M.J. Park (2011)
• Sawadaea kovaliana V.P. Heluta (1990)
• Sawadaea nankinensis (F.L. Tai) S. Takam. & U. Braun (2008)
• Sawadaea polyfida (C.T. Wei) R.Y. Zheng & G.Q. Chen (1980)
• Sawadaea tulasnei (Fuckel) Homma (1937)
• Sawadaea zhengii Y. Nomura (1997)

Former species;^[3]

• Sawadaea aceris (DC.) Miyabe (1914) = Sawadaea bicornis
• Sawadaea negundinis Homma (1937) = Sawadaea bicornis
• Sawadaea polyfida var. japonica U. Braun & Tanada (1985) = Sawadaea polyfida