| Cephaleuros virescens | |
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| Cephaleuros virescens as a parasite of guava leaves and fruit in Hawaii, causing a leaf and fruit spot disease | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | UTC clade |
| Order: | Trentepohliales |
| Family: | Trentepohliaceae |
| Genus: | Cephaleuros |
| Species: | C. virescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Cephaleuros virescens | |
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Cephaleuros parasiticus | |
Cephaleuros virescens is an algal plant pathogen[1] that infects tea, coffee and coconut plants, causing algal leaf spot or algal rust.[2][3]
- ^ Pitaloka, Mutiara K.; Petcharat, Vasun; Arikit, Siwaret; Sunpapao, Anurag (30 January 2015). "Cephaleuros virescens, the cause of an algal leaf spot on Para rubber in Thailand". Australasian Plant Disease Notes. 10 (1). doi:10.1007/s13314-015-0158-1. S2CID 38952530.
- ^ Nelson, Scot C. (August 2008). Cephaleuros Species, the Plant-Parasitic Green Algae (PDF). Plant Disease (Report). University of Hawai'i at Manoa, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. PD-43.
- ^ Muthukumar, Thangavelu; Uma, Eswaranpillai; Priyadharsini, Perumalsamy (2 February 2015). "Occurrence of Foliicolous Parasitic Alga Cephaleuros Virescens on Cultivated Ornamental Plants in Southern India". Botanica Lithuanica. 20 (2): 87–98. doi:10.2478/botlit-2014-0012. S2CID 84407403.