Puccinia

Stripe rust Puccinia striiformis on wheat leaf, copyright International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.

Belongs within: Pucciniaceae.

Puccinia is a diverse genus of rust fungi infecting angiosperms. Species may be heteroecious or autoecious, macro- or microcyclic; teliospores are usually two-celled, more rarely one-celled or composed of several cells separated by transverse septa (Kirk et al. 2001).

Puccinia Pers. 1801 (see below for synonymy) KC01
    |--P. antirrhini KC01
    |--P. arachidis KC01
    |--P. arrhenateri L98
    |--P. bougainvilleae Schröter in Henn. 1896 [incl. Aecidium bougainvilleae Spegazzini 1881] HH03
    |--P. calcitrapae BG96
    |    |--P. c. var. calcitrapae BG96
    |    `--P. c. var. centaureae BG96
    |--P. canaliculata KC01
    |--P. cancellata Sacc. & Roum. 1881 [incl. Uredo cancellata Dur. & Mont. 1846] BG96
    |--P. carthami Corda 1840 [=Bullaria carthami (Corda) Arth. & Mains 1922] BG96
    |--P. cenchri BG96
    |    |--P. c. var. cenchri BG96
    |    `--P. c. var. africana Cumm. 1952 [incl. Uredo cenchricola Henn. 1908] BG96
    |--P. chondrillina W91
    |--P. chryanthemi KC01
    |--P. ciliata HH03
    |--P. cordiae Arthur 1916 (see below for synonymy) HH03
    |--P. coronata KD83
    |--P. corticola HH03
    |--P. cynodontis Lacroix ex Desm. 1859 [incl. Uredo eleusine-indicae Saw. 1943, Aecidium plantaginis] BG96
    |--P. cyperi-tegetiformis Kern 1919 [=Uredo cyperi-tegetiformis Henn. 1905] BG96
    |--P. cyrnaea [incl. P. rimosa] BG96
    |--P. distincta C08
    |--P. fragosoana Beltrán 1921 [incl. Uredo schizachyrii Doidge 1928] BG96
    |--P. graminis Pers. 1801 BG96
    |    |  i. s.: P. g. var. tritici D51
    |    |--P. g. ssp. graminis [incl. P. albigensis Mayor 1957, Aecidium berberidis] BG96
    |    `--P. g. ssp. graminicola BG96
    |--P. helianthi KC01
    |--P. heterospora KC01
    |--P. hieracii M97
    |--P. holosericea DP72
    |--P. hordei KC01
    |--P. horiana KC01
    |--P. hypochaeridis C08
    |--P. imperatae Poirault 1913 [=Uredo imperatae Magn. 1900] BG96
    |--P. isiacae Wint. in Kuntze 1887 BG96
    |--P. johnstonii HH03
    |--P. kuehnii KC01
    |--P. lagenophorae Cooke 1884 [incl. P. terrieriana Mayor 1962] BG96
    |--‘Aecidium’ magellanicum HH03
    |--P. magnusiana Koern. 1876 [incl. P. alnetorum Gaeum. 1941] BG96
    |--P. malvacearum KC01
    |--P. melanocephata KC01
    |--P. menthae Pers. 1801 BG96
    |--P. ornata Arthur & Holw. in Arthur 1887 HH03
    |--P. pampeana Spegazzini 1880 (see below for synonymy) HH03
    |--P. perplexans KC01
    |    |--P. p. f.sp. perplexans KC01
    |    `--P. p. f.sp. triticina KC01
    |--P. polygoni-amphibii Pers. 1801 [incl. Aecidium sanguinolentum Lindr. 1900] BG96
    |--P. polypogonis Speg. 1909 [=Uredo polypogonis Speg. 1899] BG96
    |--P. polysora KC01
    |--P. punctiformis KC01
    |--P. purpurea P99
    |--P. recondita Roberge ex Desmazieres 1857 BG96 [incl. P. dasypyri Guyot & Malen. 1963 BG96, P. dispersa KC01]
    |--P. scirpi DC. 1805 BG96
    |--P. sorghi KD83
    |--P. striiformis Westend. 1854 BG96
    |    |--P. s. var. striiformis BG96 (see below for synonymy)
    |    `--P. s. var. dactylidis BG96
    |--P. stylidii W05
    |--P. suaveolens KD83
    `--P. tuyutensis Speg. 1881 [incl. Aecidium cressae DC. 1815, P. cressae Lag. 1889] BG96

Puccinia Pers. 1801 [incl. Allodus Arthur 1906, Argomyces Arthur 1912, Argotelium Arthur 1906, Bullaria DC. 1805, Coronotelium Syd. 1921, Cutomyces Thüm. 1878, Dicaeoma Gray 1821, Eriosporangium Bertero ex Ruschenb. 1831, Hypodermium Link 1816, Jackya Bubák 1902, Leptinia Juel 1897, Leptopuccinia (Winter) Rostr. 1902, Lindrothia Syd. 1922, Linkiella Syd. 1921, Lysospora Arthur 1906, Micropuccinia Rostr. 1902, Persooniella Syd. 1922, Pleomeris Syd. 1921, Poliomella Syd. 1922, Puccinidia Mayr 1890, Rostrupia Lagerh. 1889, Schroeterella Syd. 1922 non Herzog 1916, Sclerotelium Syd. 1921, Solenodonta Castagne 1845, Trailia Syd. 1922 non Sutherland 1915] KC01

Puccinia cordiae Arthur 1916 [=Bullaria cordiae (Arthur) Arthur & Mains in Arthur 1921; incl. Uredo cordiae Henn. 1904] HH03

Puccinia pampeana Spegazzini 1880 [=Dicaeoma pampeana (Spegazzini) Kuntze 1898; incl. P. araucana Dietel & Neger 1897, Aecidium capsici Kern & Whetzel 1930, P. capsici Mayor 1913, P. capsicicola Kern & Thurst. 1940 (n. n.), P. gonzalezii Mayoir 1913, Aecidium solaninum var. laevis Spegazzini 1909, A. pampeanum Spegazzini 1880, Endophyllum pampeanum (Spegazzini) Lindq. 1963, Puccinia paulensis Rangel 1918, Aecidium solaninum Spegazzini 1881, P. solanina Spegazzini 1912] HH03

Puccinia striiformis Westend. 1854 var. striiformis BG96 [incl. Uredo glumarum Schmidt 1827 BG96, P. glumarum KC01, P. stapfiolae Mundk. & Thirum. 1946 BG96]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

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[C08] Cheel. 1908. Notes and exhibits. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 736.

[DP72] Deighton, F. C., & K. A. Pirozynski. 1972. Microfungi. V. More hyperparasitic hyphomycetes. Mycological Papers 128: 1–110.

[D51] Dobzhansky, T. 1951. Genetics and the Origin of Species 3^rd ed. Columbia University Press: New York.

[HH03] Hernández, J. R., & J. F. Hennen. 2003. Rust fungi causing galls, witches’ brooms, and other abnormal plant growths in northwestern Argentina. Mycologia 95 (4): 728–755.

[KC01] Kirk, P. M., P. F. Cannon, J. C. David & J. A. Stalpers. 2001. Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi 9^th ed. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).

[KD83] Koç, N. K., & G. Défago. 1983. Studies on the host range of the hyperparasite Aphanocladium album. Phytopathologische Zeitschrift 107: 214–218.

[L98] Lienhard, C. 1998. Faune de France. France et Régions Limitrophes. 83. Psocoptères Euro-Méditerranéens. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles: Paris.

[M97] McAlpine, D. 1897. Two additions to the fungi of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21 (4): 722–724, pl. 56.

[P99] Pinto, N. F. J. de A. 1999. Avaliação de fungicidas no controle de Sphacelia sorghi (Claviceps africana) agente etiológico da “ergot” ou doença açucarada do sorgo. Summa Phytopathologica 25: 4–8.

[W91] Waterhouse, D. F. 1991. Insects and humans in Australia. In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 1 pp. 221–235. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[W05] Wege, J. A. 2005. Stylidium validum (Stylidiaceae): a new trigger plant from southern Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 88 (1): 13–16.