Synonymy:
Sphaeria sapinea Fr., Systema Mycologicum 2(2): 491 (1823)
Sordaria sapinea (Fr.) Niessl, Verh. nat. Ver. Brünn 3: 175 (1865)
Diplodia sapinea (Fr.) Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 23-24: 393 (1870) [1869-70] f. sapinea
Diplodia sapinea (Fr.) Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 23-24: 393 (1870) [1869-70] var. sapinea
Granulodiplodia sapinea (Fr.) Zambett., Bull. Trimestriel Soc. Mycol. France 70(3): 331 (1955) [1954]
Macrophoma sapinea (Fr.) Petr., Sydowia 15(1-6): 311 (1962) [1961]
Sphaeropsis sapinea (Fr.) Dyko & B. Sutton, in Sutton, The Coelomycetes (Kew): 120 (1980)

Sphaeria pinea Desm., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2 17: 104 (1842)
Sphaeropsis pinea (Desm.) Berk. & Broome, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 3 15: 401 (1865)
Diplodia pinea (Desm.) J. Kickx f., Fl. Crypt. Flandres (Paris) 1: 397 (1867)
Botryodiplodia pinea (Desm.) Petr., Annls mycol. 20(5/6): 308 (1922)
Macrophoma pinea (Desm.) Petr. & Syd., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 42: 116 (1926) [1927]
Macrophoma pinea (Desm.) Petr. & Syd., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 42: 116 (1926) [1927] var. pinea
Granulodiplodia pinea (Desm.) Zambett., Bull. Trimestriel Soc. Mycol. France 70(3): 331 (1955) [1954]

Sphaeropsis ellisii var. chromogena Goid., Boll. R. Staz. Patalog. Veget. Roma, N.S. 15(3): 458 (1935)

Diplodia intermedia A.J.L. Phillips, J. Lopes & Bobev, in Phillips, Lopes, Abdollahzadeh, Bobev & Alves, Persoonia 29: 33 (2012)

Diplodia italica Wijayaw., A.J.L. Phillips, Camporesi & K.D. Hyde, in Wijayawardene et al., Fungal Diversity 77: 110 (2016)

Diplodia rosacearum S. Giambra, A. Alves, Armengol & Burruano, in Giambra, Piazza, Alves, Mondello, Berbegal, Armengol & Burruano, Mycosphere 7(7): 983 (2016)

Position in classification:
Sphaeropsis, Botryosphaeriaceae, Botryosphaeriales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

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