Phytophthora tentaculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Chromalveolata
Phylum:	Heterokontophyta
Class:	Oomycetes
Subclass:	Incertae sedis
Order:	Pythiales
Family:	Pythiaceae
Genus:	Phytophthora
Species:	P. tentaculata
Binomial name
Phytophthora tentaculata

Phytophthora tentaculata is a plant pathogen that causes root and stalk rot. It was first isolated in 1993 in a nursery in Germany infecting Chrysanthemum, Verbena and Delphinium ajacis. It has since been found infecting a Verbena in Majorca, Spain in June 2001 but was thought to be restricted to nurseries in Germany and the Netherlands.^[1] Other species have since been found to be infected, Santolina chamaecyparissus (Lavender cotton) in Spain in 2004,^[2] Gerbera jamesonii in Italy 2006, ^[3] and Aucklandia lappa in China in 2008.^[4]

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