Puccinia

Taxobox

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name = "Puccinia"
regnum = Fungi
phylum = Basidiomycota
classis = Urediniomycetes
subclassis = Incertae sedis
ordo = Uredinales
familia = Pucciniaceae
genus = "Puccinia"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "P. verruca"
"Puccinia angustata"
"Puccinia arachidis"
"Puccinia aristidae"
"Puccinia asparagi"
"Puccinia cacabata"
"Puccinia campanulae"
"Puccinia carthami"
"Puccinia coronata"
"Puccinia dioicae"
"Puccinia erianthi"
"Puccinia extensicola"
"Puccinia graminis"
"Puccinia helianthi"
"Puccinia hordei"
"Puccinia kuehnii"
"Puccinia melanocephala"
"Puccinia menthae"
"Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis"
"Puccinia pittieriana"
"Puccinia psidii"
"Puccinia purpurea"
"Puccinia recondita"
"Puccinia schedonnardii"
"Puccinia striiformis"
"Puccinia subnitens"
"Puccinia substriata"
"Puccinia thaliae"
"Puccinia triticina"
"Puccinia xanthii"
...

"Puccinia" is a genus of fungi. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens.

Examples of "Puccinia" rusts and the diseases they cause:

* "Puccinia asparagi" - Asparagus rust
* "Puccinia graminis" - Stem rust, also known as black rust or cereal rust
* "Puccinia psidii" - Guava rust or eucalyptus rust
* "Puccinia recondita" - Brown rust (of wheat)
* "Puccinia striiformis" - Yellow rust (of wheat)
* "Puccinia triticina" - Wheat rust

[http://www.hear.org/species/puccinia_psidii/ A collection of information regarding "Puccinia psidii"] --particularly with respect to its presence in Hawaii--is available online.