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Alan J. L. Phillips

Alan J. L. Phillips

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Portugal
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
67
Citations
17243
World Ranking
817
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Fungus
  • Genus

Alan J. L. Phillips mainly investigates Botany, Botryosphaeria, Dothiorella, Taxonomy and Botryosphaeriaceae. His Botany study combines topics in areas such as Blastocladiomycota and Pleosporales. In Botryosphaeria, Alan J. L. Phillips works on issues like Diplodia seriata, which are connected to Physalospora, Botryosphaeria stevensii, Botryosphaeria corticola, Botryosphaeria obtusa and Seriata.

His Dothiorella research incorporates themes from Diplodia, Lasiodiplodia and Fusicoccum. His Taxonomy research includes elements of MycoBank, Phylogenetics and Phylogenetic tree. Alan J. L. Phillips works on Botryosphaeriaceae which deals in particular with Neofusicoccum.

His most cited work include:

  • A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes (376 citations)
  • Fungal diversity notes 111–252—taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa (373 citations)
  • The Botryosphaeriaceae: genera and species known from culture (338 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Taxonomy, Botryosphaeriaceae, Phylogenetic tree and Phylogenetics. Alan J. L. Phillips interconnects Dothiorella, Neofusicoccum and Dothideomycetes in the investigation of issues within Botany. His work deals with themes such as Taxon, Pleosporales and Genus, which intersect with Dothideomycetes.

His Taxonomy study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Intergenic region and Diaporthe, Phomopsis. His Botryosphaeriaceae study incorporates themes from Seriata, Canker, Lasiodiplodia, Neoscytalidium and Virulence. His Phylogenetic tree research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Evolutionary biology, Ribosomal RNA and Morphology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (70.94%)
  • Taxonomy (27.35%)
  • Botryosphaeriaceae (25.64%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Botany (70.94%)
  • Phylogenetic tree (19.66%)
  • Dothideomycetes (15.38%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Alan J. L. Phillips mostly deals with Botany, Phylogenetic tree, Dothideomycetes, Evolutionary biology and Host. Alan J. L. Phillips mostly deals with Genus in his studies of Botany. The concepts of his Phylogenetic tree study are interwoven with issues in Taxon, Ribosomal RNA, Phylogenetics and Morphology.

His Morphology research focuses on Biodiversity and how it connects with Botryosphaeriaceae. Alan J. L. Phillips has researched Dothideomycetes in several fields, including Dothiorella, Pleosporales, Sordariomycetes and Hyphomycetes. His work investigates the relationship between Dothiorella and topics such as Russula that intersect with problems in Fomitiporia.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa (97 citations)
  • Fungal diversity notes 1036–1150: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa (39 citations)
  • Fungal diversity notes 840–928: micro-fungi associated with Pandanaceae (36 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Fungus
  • Genus

His primary areas of study are Botany, Botryosphaeriaceae, Fomitiporia, Dothideomycetes and Evolutionary biology. Alan J. L. Phillips combines subjects such as Leotiomycetes, Blastocladiomycota and Ascomycota with his study of Botany. He has included themes like Genome and Gene in his Botryosphaeriaceae study.

His Fomitiporia research integrates issues from Calonectria, Corticiaceae, Neofusicoccum, Entyloma and Botryosphaeria. His research integrates issues of Lasiodiplodia, Sordariomycetes, Nectriaceae and Freycinetia in his study of Dothideomycetes. His work focuses on many connections between Evolutionary biology and other disciplines, such as Biodiversity, that overlap with his field of interest in Phylogenetic tree.

Best Publications

  • The Botryosphaeriaceae: genera and species known from culture

    A.J.L. Phillips;A. A. Alves;J. Abdollahzadeh;B. Slippers

  • Families of Dothideomycetes

    Kevin D. Hyde;E. B.Gareth Jones;Jian Kui Liu;Hiran Ariyawansa

  • The Faces of Fungi database: fungal names linked with morphology, phylogeny and human impacts

    Subashini C. Jayasiri;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Hiran A. Ariyawansa;Hiran A. Ariyawansa;Jayarama Bhat

  • A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes

    C. L. Schoch;P. W. Crous;J. Z. Groenewald;E. W. A. Boehm

  • Morphological and molecular data reveal cryptic speciation in Lasiodiplodia theobromae.

    A. Alves;P.W. Crous;A. Correia;A.J.L. Phillips

  • Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa

    N. N. Wijayawardene;K. D. Hyde;L. K. T. Al-Ani;L. K. T. Al-Ani;L. Tedersoo

  • Fungal diversity notes 111–252—taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa

    Guo Jie Li;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Rui Lin Zhao;Sinang Hongsanan;Sinang Hongsanan

  • Families of Sordariomycetes

    Sajeewa S.N. Maharachchikumbura;Sajeewa S.N. Maharachchikumbura;Kevin D. Hyde;E. B.Gareth Jones;E. H.C. McKenzie

  • Fungi vs. Fungi in Biocontrol: An Overview of Fungal Antagonists Applied Against Fungal Plant Pathogens.

    Kasun M. Thambugala;Kasun M. Thambugala;Dinushani A. Daranagama;Alan J. L. Phillips;Sagarika D. Kannangara

  • Resolving the phylogenetic and taxonomic status of dark-spored teleomorph genera in the Botryosphaeriaceae.

    A.J.L. Phillips;A. Alves;S.R. Pennycook;P.R. Johnston

  • Notes for genera: Ascomycota

    Nalin N. Wijayawardene;Kevin D. Hyde;Kunhiraman C. Rajeshkumar;David L. Hawksworth

  • Fusarium: more than a node or a foot-shaped basal cell.

    P.W. Crous;P.W. Crous;L. Lombard;M. Sandoval-Denis;K.A. Seifert

  • Naming and outline of Dothideomycetes-2014 including proposals for the protection or suppression of generic names.

    Nalin N. Wijayawardene;Pedro W. Crous;Paul M. Kirk;Paul M. Kirk;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth

  • Botryosphaeria corticola, sp. nov. on Quercus species, with notes and description of Botryosphaeria stevensii and its anamorph, Diplodia mutila.

    Artur Alves;António Correia;Jordi Luque;Alan Phillips

  • Fungal diversity notes 1036–1150: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa

    Kevin D. Hyde;Danushka S. Tennakoon;Rajesh Jeewon;D. Jayarama Bhat

  • Phylogeny and morphology of four new species of Lasiodiplodia from Iran

    J. Abdollahzadeh;A. Javadi;E. Mohammadi Goltapeh;R. Zare

  • Fungal diversity notes 840–928: micro-fungi associated with Pandanaceae

    Saowaluck Tibpromma;Saowaluck Tibpromma;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Eric H. C. McKenzie;D. Jayarama Bhat

  • Two new species of Botryosphaeria with brown, 1-septate ascospores and Dothiorella anamorphs

    Alan Phillips;Artur Alves;António Correia;Jordi Luque

  • Refined families of dothideomycetes: Dothideomycetidae and pleosporomycetidae

    S. Hongsanan;K. D. Hyde;R. Phookamsak;D. N. Wanasinghe

  • Botryosphaeria species associated with diseases of grapevines in Portugal

    Alan J. L. Phillips

  • Resolving the Diaporthe species occurring on soybean in Croatia.

    Jorge Manuel Santos;Karolina Vrandečić;Jasenka Ćosić;Tomislav Duvnjak

  • Resolving the complex of Diaporthe (Phomopsis) species occurring on Foeniculum vulgare in Portugal

    Alan John Lander Phillips

  • Plectosphaerella species associated with root and collar rots of horticultural crops in southern Italy

    A. M. Carlucci;M.L. Raimondo;Jorge Santos;A.J.L. Phillips

  • Species of Lasiodiplodia associated with mango in Brazil

    Marília W. Marques;Nelson B. Lima;Marcos Antônio de Morais;Maria Angélica G. Barbosa

  • Diplodia seriata, the anamorph of "Botryosphaeria" obtusa

    Alan J. L. Phillips;Pedro W. Crous;Artur Alves

  • Primers for mating-type diagnosis in Diaporthe and Phomopsis: their use in teleomorph induction in vitro and biological species definition.

    Jorge M. Santos;Viviana G. Correia;Alan J.L. Phillips

  • Involvement of «Phaeoacremonium» spp. and «Cylindrocarpon destructans» with Grapevine Decline in Portugal

    Cecilia Rego;Alan Phillips;Antonia Carvalho;Helena Oliveira

  • Species of Lasiodiplodia associated with papaya stem-end rot in Brazil.

    Mariote S. B. Netto;Iraíldes P. Assunção;Gaus S. A. Lima;Marília W. Marques

  • Morphology, phylogeny and pathogenicity of Botryosphaeria and Neofusicoccum species associated with drupe rot of olives in southern Italy

    C. Lazzizera;S. Frisullo;Artur Alves;Alan J. L. Phillips

  • Botryosphaeria dothidea and Other Fungi Associated with Excoriose and Dieback of Grapevines in Portugal

    A. J. L. Phillips

  • Diversity of Botryosphaeriaceae species associated with grapevine and other woody hosts in Italy, Algeria and Tunisia, with descriptions of Lasiodiplodia exigua and Lasiodiplodia mediterranea sp. nov

    B. T. Linaldeddu;A. Deidda;B. Scanu;A. Franceschini

  • Phylogeny, morphology and pathogenicity of Diaporthe and Phomopsis species on almond in Portugal

    Eugénio L. F. Diogo;Jorge M. Santos;Alan J. L. Phillips

  • Botryosphaeria corticola,sp. nov. onQuercusspecies, with notes and description ofBotryosphaeria stevensiiand its anamorph,Diplodia mutila

    Artur Alves;António Correia;Jordi Luque;Alan Phillips

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin D. Hyde
Kevin D. Hyde Mae Fah Luang University
Artur Alves
Artur Alves University of Aveiro
Pedro W. Crous
Pedro W. Crous Utrecht University
Nalin N. Wijayawardene
Nalin N. Wijayawardene Qujing Normal University
Samantha C. Karunarathna
Samantha C. Karunarathna Kunming Institute of Botany
Saranyaphat Boonmee
Saranyaphat Boonmee Mae Fah Luang University
Ali H. Bahkali
Ali H. Bahkali King Saud University
Jian-Kui Liu
Jian-Kui Liu University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Jianchu Xu
Jianchu Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rajesh Jeewon
Rajesh Jeewon University of Mauritius

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