Puccinia xanthii

Taxobox
name = "Puccinia xanthii"
regnum = Fungi
phylum = Basidiomycota
classis = Urediniomycetes
subclassis = Incertae sedis
ordo = Uredinales
familia = Pucciniaceae
genus = "Puccinia"
species = "Puccinia xanthii"
binomial = "Puccinia xanthii"
binomial_authority = Schwein., (1822)

Puccinia xanthii is a plant pathogen which causes rust on "Xanthium occidentale" and can be used as a form of biological control where this plant is an invasive species.

External links

* [http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp Index Fungorum]
* [http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases USDA ARS Fungal Database]

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