List of foliage plant diseases (Commelinaceae)

This is a list of diseases of foliage plants belonging to the family Commelinaceae.

## Plant Species[edit]

Plant species

A  | Aneilema aequinoctiale | clinging aneilema
C  | Commelina spp.  |
G  | Gibasis spp.  |
M  | Murdannia nudiflora |
R  | Tradescantia spathacea | oyster plant
S  | Siderasis fuscata |
Ti  | Tinantia erecta |
Tr  | Tradescantia spp.  | Spiderworts (wandering Jew and others)
Z  | Tradescantia zebrina | wandering Jew

## Fungal diseases[edit]

Fungal diseases

Common name | Scientific name | Plants affected
Pythium root rot  | Pythium spp.  | R
Tan leaf spot  | Curvularia eragrostidis

= Pseudocochliobolus eragrostidis
Cochliobolus eragrostidis [teleomorph]

| R, T

## Nematodes, parasitic[edit]

Nematodes, parasitic

Common name | Scientific name | Plants affected
Root-knot (nematode) (also called leaf gall)  | Meloidogyne incognita | S

## Viral diseases[edit]

Viral diseases

Common/species name | Genus name | Plants affected
Aneilema virus (AV)  | Potyvirus | A,C,M,Ti
Brome mosaic virus (BMV)  | Bromovirus | C
Clover yellow vein virus (CYVV)  | Potyvirus | G,T,Ti
Commelina mosaic virus (CoMV)  | Potyvirus | C,R
Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)  | Cucumovirus | C,M
Tobacco mild green mosaic virus (TMGMV = U2-TMV)  | Tobamovirus | R
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV = U1-TMV)  | Tobamovirus | R
Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV)  | Tobamovirus | R,T
Tradescantia mosaic virus (TZV)  | Potyvirus | C,G,R,T,Z

## References[edit]

* Viruses Infecting Wild and Cultivated Species of the Commelinaceae
* Characterization and Electron Microscopy of a Potyvirus Infecting Commelina diffusa. Commelina mosaic virus
* Commelina mosaic virus
* Characterization of a Potyvirus Causing a Leaf Distortion Disease of Trandescantia and Zebrina Species
* Trandescantia mosaic virus
* Brome Mosaic Virus Isolates Naturally Infecting Commelina diffusa and C. communis
* Mosaic Disease of Rhoeo discolor Caused by a Strain of Tobacco Mosaic Virus
* Tobacco mild green mosaic virus(U2-TMV)
* A Lethal Disease of Tomato Experimentally Induced by RNA-5 Associated with Cucumber Mosaic Virus Isolated from Commelina from El Salvador