Botrytis

See also: botrytis

Translingual

Botrytis cinerea on citrus fruit

Etymology

Ancient Greek βότρυς (bótrus, “(bunch of) grapes”) +‎ -itis (“disease”) (from New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”)).

Proper noun

Botrytis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sclerotiniaceae – grey molds that infect plants, of many commercially important kinds, including grapes.

Synonyms

• (genus): Botryotinia (teleomorph)

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Ascomycota – phylum; Pezizomycotina – subphylum; Leotiomycetes – class; Helotiales - order; Sclerotiniaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Botrytis cinerea - type species; for the numerous other species see Botrytis at MycoBank

Descendants

• English: botrytis

References

• Botrytis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Botrytis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Botrytis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Botrytis at MycoBank
• Botrytis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Botrytis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Botrytis at World Register of Marine Species