Pucciniaceae

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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

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]

Note: the genus Zaghouania Pat. (synonym Cystopsora E.J. Butler) is now placed to the restored family Zaghouaniaceae.[3]

References

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  3. ^ 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)

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