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. It was circumscribed by mycologist Daniel McAlpine in 1905.McAlpine, D. 1905. A new genus of Uredineae — ''Uromycladium''. Ann Mycol 3(4):303–322 The genus was established by

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for rusts on ''

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, subfamily Mimosoideae) with teliospores that clustered at the top of a pedicel.Doungsa-ard, C., McTaggart, A.R., Geering, A.D.W., Dalisay, T.U., Ray, J. Shivas, R.G. 2015. ''Uromycladium falcatarium'' sp. nov., the cause of gall rust on ''Paraserianthes falcataria'' in south-east Asia. Australasian Plant Pathol. 44: 25–30. DOI 10.1007/s13313-014-0301-z The genus contains at least 11 species. Some of these species infect plants in the family Mimosoideae including ''

'', '' Paraserianthes'' and ''

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''. Most species are considered to be specific to only one

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species of plant, such as ''

Uromycladium simplex ''Uromycladium'' is a genus of rust fungi in the family Pileolariaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Daniel McAlpine in 1905.McAlpine, D. 1905. A new genus of Uredineae — ''Uromycladium''. Ann Mycol 3(4):303–322 The genus was establishe ...

'' on '' Acacia pycnantha''McAlpine, Daniel (1906). The rusts of Australia their structure, nature and classification. Department of Agriculture (Victoria). pp. 110–12. and ''

Uromycladium falcatarium ''Uromycladium falcatarium'' (falcataria gall rust fungus) is a species of rust fungus in the genus ''Uromycladium''. It was circumscribed by mycologists Doungsa-ard, McTaggart & Shivasin in 2015.Doungsa-ard, C., McTaggart, A.R., Geering, A.D.W., ...

'' on '' Falcataria moluccana''. '' Uromycladium tepperianum'', on the other hand, has almost 100 known hosts including plants from several tribes of Mimosoideae. However, research suggests that this species may comprise several unrecognized taxa with narrower host ranges.

Species

Species include: *''

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'' (Cooke) P.Syd. & Syd., 1914. *''

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'' Arthur & J.R.Johnst., 1918. *''

'' Doungsa-ard, et al., 2015. Present in Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Timor Leste *'' Uromycladium fusisporum'' (Cooke & Massee) Savile, 1971. Present in

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'' McAlpine, 1905. *'' Uromycladium naracoortensis'' *'' Uromycladium notabile'' (F.Ludw.) McAlpine, 1906. Present in

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'' McAlpine, 1906. Present in Australia *''

'' McAlpine, 1905. Present in Australia *'' Uromycladium tepperianum'' (Sacc.) McAlpine, 1905. Present in

, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor Leste. Introduced to South Africa.

Ecology

The rust fungi in the genus ''Uromycladium'' typically form enlarged

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s at the end of actively growing plant tissues. These galls can be a significant disease limiting the growth and survival of trees planted for commercial tree plantations and

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. The acacia gall rust fungus species '' Uromycladium tepperianum'' has been introduced to South Africa as a biological control on the

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Australian shrub ''

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''. The galls of '' Uromycladium tepperianum'' have been reported to be used by moths in the families Gracillariidae, Tortricidae, Tineidae, Pyralidae, and

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as food sources and domatium for their larvae in Australia.New, T. R. 1982. Lepidoptera from ''Uromycladium'' galls on ''Acacia''. Australian Journal of Zoology 30(2): 357–364. Specifically in the family Gracillariidae the species '' Polysoma eumetalla'' and '' Conopomorpha heliopla'' are found feeding on the surface of various species of acacia rust galls. '' Erechthias mystacinella'' and '' Opogona comptella'' moth larvae from the family Tineidae have been reported to live and feed on the inside of '' Uromycladium tepperianum'' galls.

References

External links

''Uromycladium'' on Encyclopedia of Life
{{Taxonbar, from=Q10711033 Basidiomycota genera Pucciniales Taxa named by Daniel McAlpine Taxa described in 1905