Pucciniaceae
Puccinia triticina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Pucciniaceae
Chevall. (1826)
Type genus
Puccinia
Pers. (1794)

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]

Genera

Genera 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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 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)
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