''Botryorhiza'' is a genus of
rust fungi
Rusts are plant diseases caused by pathogenic fungi of the order Pucciniales (previously known as Uredinales).
An estimated 168 rust genera and approximately 7,000 species, more than half of which belong to the genus ''Puccinia'', are currently a ...
in the
Chaconiaceae
The Chaconiaceae are a family (biology), family of rust (fungus), rust fungi in the order Pucciniales. The family contains 8 genera and 75 species. Most species have a tropical distribution. ''Maravalia cryptostegiae'' has been used with success ...
family. The genus is
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
, containing the single species ''Botryorhiza hippocrateae'', which grows on ''
Hippocratea
''Hippocratea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae, usually lianas, native to tropical and subtropical North America, South America and Africa.
Species
Currently accepted species include:
*''Hippocratea myriantha'' Oliv.
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'' plants in Brazil and the Caribbean.
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References
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Pucciniales
Monotypic Basidiomycota genera
Fungi of South America
Taxa described in 1917