The Pucciniaceae are a family of rust fungi that cause plant diseases, mainly on cereals such as wheat. The family contains over 4900 species: many of them in the type genus Puccinia.[1]
Pucciniaceae | |
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Puccinia triticina | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
Order: | Pucciniales |
Family: | Pucciniaceae Chevall. (1826) |
Type genus | |
Puccinia Pers. (1794)
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Genera
editGenera in the Pucciniaceae (with estimated numbers of species):[2]
- Allodus Arthur (1)
- Chrysella Syd. (1)
- Chrysocelis Syd. (5)[3]
- Chrysocyclus Syd. (3)
- Chrysopsora Lagerh. (1)
- Cleptomyces Arthur (1)
- Coleopucciniella Hara ex Hirats. (2)
- Corbulopsora Cummins (3)
- Cumminsiella Arthur (8)
- Endophyllum Lév. (43)
- Kernella Thirum. (1)
- Miyagia Miyabe ex Syd. & P. Syd. (3)
- Polioma Arthur (5)
- Puccinia Pers. (ca. 3300)
- Ramakrishnania Ramachar & Bhagyan. (1)
- Roestelia Rebent. (15)
- Stereostratum Magnus (1)
- Uredo Pers. (ca. 780)
- Uromyces (Link) Unger (ca. 1500)
- Xenostele Syd. & P. Syd. (4)
Note: the genus Zaghouania Pat. (synonym Cystopsora E.J. Butler) is now placed to the restored family Zaghouaniaceae.[3]
References
edit- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 577. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
- ^ a b Aime MC, McTaggart AR (2021) A higher-rank classification for rust fungi, with notes on genera. Fungal Syst. Evol. 7: 21–47. (Published online 2020 Nov 13. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2021.07.02 available at NCBI)
External links
edit- Media related to Pucciniaceae at Wikimedia Commons