An updated list of the plants associated with plant-parasitic Aphelenchoides (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) and its implications for plant-parasitism within this genus Author Sánchez-Monge, Alcides Author Flores, Lorena Author Salazar, Luis Author Hockland, Sue Author Bert, Wim text Zootaxa 2015 4013 2 207 224 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.2.3 d0d231f7-8000-42c1-bcf3-3fa00b6e77c3 1175-5326 242877 78D07882-590D-44D6-A765-23BE9A6999ED Aphelenchoides fragariae ( Ritzema Bos, 1890 ) Christie, 1932 The most striking augmentation in the number of reported plant associations of Aphelenchoides spp. belongs to A. fragariae . Escuer & Bello (2000) and Fu (2012) quote Siddiqi (1975) and mention 250 plant species belonging to 47 families, but as shown in Table 1 and Fig. 1 , at least 621 plant species and varieties from 287 genera are associated with A. fragariae , most of them (84%) within flowering plants. A. fragariae is also the species that is reported on the highest number of ferns followed by A. ritzemabosi and A. besseyi , 162, 7 and 4 species respectively ( Fig. 1 ). To date, it is also the only Aphelenchoides species reported on Marchantiophyta ( Kohl 2008 ). Several hosts are shared with other Aphelenchoides species ( Fig. 2 ).