Global occurrence database of Leveillula taurica (Lév.) Arnaud 1921 (synonym: Erysiphe taurica Léveillé 1851, Phyllactinia taurica Bradshaw 2025) - Phylum Ascomycota, Order Helotiales, Family Erysiphaceae - between 1851 and 2023

Occurrence
Latest version published by Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE) on Jul 10, 2025 Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE)
Publication date:
10 July 2025
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

This dataset compiles historical and contemporary records of the powdery mildew fungus Leveillula taurica (Lév.) Arnaud 1921 (synonyms: Erysiphe taurica Léveillé 1851, Phyllactinia taurica Bradshaw 2025), a member of the Ascomycota phylum, Helotiales order, and Erysiphaceae family. The data were sourced from peer-reviewed literature, herbarium specimens, GenBank entries, technical reports, and curated databases. Covering the period from 1851 to 2023, the dataset includes 1,468 georeferenced occurrence records. Each record is enriched with contextual information including host plant species, geographic origin, sampling year, DNA sequence availability, reproductive structures, and microscopic features such as asci and ascospore counts.Our comprehensive compilation indicates that L. taurica has been reported on hosts from 192 plant genera across 60 families. The ten most frequently reported host genera represent 48% of all records, with Capsicum spp. (pepper) being the most common, making up 16% of occurrences. The fungus exhibits a cosmopolitan distribution, with the highest concentration of records from Central Asia (40%). Its occurrence notably overlaps with major pepper-producing regions globally. The increasing number of records over time suggests expanding documentation and possibly an actual rise in its geographic and host range. The broad global distribution of L. taurica may be attributed to its adaptability to diverse agroecosystems (Massire, Cussonneau et al., 2025, in press).Massire A.*, Cussonneau F.*, Elbelt, S., Constant C., Bardin M., Moury B., Lefebvre V. (2025) Powdery mildew caused by Leveillula taurica (synonym: Phyllactinia taurica): a global challenge for pepper production. Molecular Plant Pathology, in press. * These authors contributed equally.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,469 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Occurrence (core)
1469
MeasurementOrFacts 
7341

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Versions

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 91c18c8e-e8b4-4067-a3da-127eecd7ab9f.  Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF France.

Keywords

Occurrence

Contacts

Flavie Cussonneau
  • Originator
INRAE
  • INRAE, GAFL
84140 Montfavet
FR
Anne Massire
  • Originator
INRAE
  • INRAE, GAFL
84140 Montfavet
FR
Sonia Elbelt
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
INRAE
  • INRAE, GAFL
84140 Montfavet
FR
Véronique Lefebvre
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
INRAE
  • INRAE, GAFL
84140 Montfavet
FR
GBIF France
  • Distributor
GBIF France

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 91c18c8e-e8b4-4067-a3da-127eecd7ab9f
https://ipt.gbif.fr/resource?r=inrae_leveillula_taurica