*2.3. Bauhinia*

The genus *Bauhinia*, commonly known as the orchid tree, belongs to the family *Fabaceae.* It comprises more than 500 species of shrubs, and small trees mostly native to tropical countries (Africa, Asia, and South America). Many species are widely used as ornamental plants, forage, human food, and in folk medicine [51,52].

A total of 107 fungal endophytes have been found in *Bauhinia* plant tissues (Table 4). The most common fungi reported were: *Aspergillus* (13 isolates), *Curvularia* (8 isolates), *Penicillium* (7 isolates), *Nigrospora* (7 isolates), *Fusarium* (5 isolates), *Phoma* (3 isolates), *Cladosporium* (4 isolates), *Acremonium* (3 isolates), *Colletotrichum* (3 isolates), *Phomopsis* (3 isolates), *Cochliobolus* (3 isolates), and *Exserohilum* (3 isolates). Furthermore, other genera were found less frequently: *Myrothecium* (2 isolates), *Gibberella* (2 isolates), *Lasiodiplodia (*2 isolates), *Khuskia* (1 isolate), *Nodulisporium* (2 isolates), *Pestalotiopsis*(2 isolates), *Alternaria* (2 isolates), *Gibberella* (2 isolates), *Pithomyces* (1 isolate), *Diplococcium* (2 isolates), *Dothiorella* (2 isolates), *Ascotricha* (2 isolates), *Talaromyces* (2 isolates), *Trichoderma* (2 isolates), *Spegazzinia* (2 isolates), *Kiflimonium* (1 isolate), *Geotrichum* (1 isolate), *Corynespora* (1 isolate), *Diaporthe* (1 isolate), *Glomerella* (1 isolate), *Pestalotia* (1 isolate), *Scedosporium* (1 isolate), *Botrytis* (1 isolate), *Sporormiella* (1 isolate), *Phyllosticta* (1 isolate), *Lasmenia* (2 isolates), *Albifimbria* (1 isolate), *Myrmecridium* (2 isolates), *Sphaeria*

(1 isolate), *Paraboeremia* (1 isolate), *Pseudopithomyces* (1 isolate), *Chaetomium* (1 isolate), and *Torulomyces* (1 isolate). All host plants, namely *B. fortificata*, *B. brevipes*, *B. racemosa*, *B. guianensis*, *B. monandra*, *B. malabarica*, *B. phoenicea*, and *B. vahlii*, were from Brazil and India.


**Table 4.** Endophytic fungi isolated with *Bauhinia* species.


**Table 4.** *Cont.*
