List of Plant Diseases American Samoa - College of Tropical ...

PARASITIC ALGAE AND THEIR PLANT HOSTS
Name of the algal parasite is followed by the plant host families and species it was collected from. Common
plant names are in parentheses, followed by accession numbers for each specimen housed in the American
Samoa Community College Land Grant Program Herbarium (ASLG).
Cephaleuros expansa Thompson & Wujek sp. nov. 1997
Amaryllidaceae
Crinum asiaticum (crinum lily, lau talotalo) ASLG132A
Apocynaceae
Allamanda sp. (allemanda) ASLG152A
Araceae
Epipremnum pinnatum (pothos, devil’s ivy) ASLG131A
Leeaceae
Leea guineensis (green, red leea) ASLG190A
Rubiaceae
Ixora finlaysoniana (white ixora) ASLG125A
Cephaleuros henningsii Schmidle 1902
Leeaceae
Leea guineensis (red, green leea) ASLG155A
Orchidaceae
Arachnis x maingayi (spider orchid) ASLG058, 107A
Arundina graminifolia (bamboo orchid) ASLG059, 151A
Cephaleuros karstenii Schmidle 1897
Begoniaceae
Begonia sp. (begonia) ASLG163A
Cupressaceae
Cupressus sp. (cypress) ASLG165A
Fabaceae
Intsia bijuga (ifilele) ASLG176A
Magnoliaceae
Michelia champak (orange michelia) ASLG019A
Meliaceae
Swietenia macrophylla (none known) ASLG074A
Zingiberaceae
Alpinia purpurata (red ginger) ASLG177A
Cephaleuros minimus Karsten 1891
Lythraceae
Lagerstroemia speciosa (queen’s crape myrtle) ASLG098A
Malvaceae
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (Hawaiian hibiscus, China rose) ASLG114A
Orchidaceae
Dendrobium lepidochilum (dendrobium) ASLG178A
Rubiaceae
Morinda citrifolia (nonu) ASLG004, 095, 100, 183A
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