Historical perspective of the nomenclature of the olive anthracnose pathogens (Almeida, 1899; von Arx, 1970; Damm et al., 2012; Faedda et al., 2011; Gorter, 1962; Martín and García‐Figueres, 1999; Schena et al., 2014; Shivas and Tan, 2009; Talhinhas et al., 2005; Whitelaw‐Weckert et al., 2007). Groups A2–A9 (Talhinhas et al., 2005; Whitelaw‐Weckert et al., 2007) were subsequently and gradually assigned to species (Damm et al., 2012; Shivas and Tan, 2009). For a while (e.g. see Moral and Trapero, 2012), olive anthracnose pathogens belonging to the Colletotrichum acutatum species complex were assigned to C. simmondsii (comprising A2 and A9, i.e. C. nymphaeae and C. simmondsii), to C. fioriniae (A3) or to C. acutatum (comprising A4, A5 and A6, i.e. C. godetiae, C. acutatum sensu stricto and C. rhombiforme). Asterisks denote subgroups identified by Talhinhas et al. (2009).