Phytoplasma dypsidis', a novel taxon associated with a lethal wilt disease of palms in Australia.

A phytoplasma was initially detected in by nested and real-time PCR from the botanical gardens in Cairns, Queensland, Australia in 2017. Further surveys in the Cairns region identified phytoplasma infections in eight additional dying ornamental palm species (, , , , , ), a species, a species and two native palms (). Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that this phytoplasma is distinct as it shared less than 97.