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Puccinia
''Puccinia'' is a genus of fungi. All species in this genus are obligate plant pathogens and are known as rusts. The genus contains about 4000 species. The genus name of ''Puccinia'' is in honour of Tommaso Puccini (died 1735), who was an Italian doctor and botanist who taught anatomy at Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence. The genus was circumscribed by Pier Antonio Micheli in Nov. Pl. Gen. on page 213 in 1729. Taxonomy Examples of ''Puccinia'' rusts and the diseases they cause: * '' Puccinia asparagi'' - Asparagus rust * '' Puccinia evadens'' - Coyote brush rust * '' Puccinia graminis'' - Stem rust, also known as black rust * '' Puccinia horiana'' - Chrysanthemum white rust * '' Puccinia mariae-wilsoniae'' - Spring beauty rust * '' Puccinia poarum'' - Coltsfoot rust gall * '' Puccinia psidii'' - Guava rust or eucalyptus rust * '' Puccinia recondita'' - Brown rust * '' Puccinia sessilis'' - Arum rust and Ramsons rust * '' Puccinia striiformis'' - Stripe rust, also k ...
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List Of Puccinia Species
This is a list of the fungus species in the genus ''Puccinia''. Members of this genus are plant pathogen, pathogens on all major cereal crop species except rice, and some cause large economic losses. According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the widespread genus contains about 4000 species. There were an estiamated 3300 species as accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020. , the GBIF lists up to 3,259 species, while Species Fungorum lists about 3251 species (with many former species). The Encyclopedia of Life lists 3,192 species. This list is based on the Species Fungorum list in 2023. A *''Puccinia abchazica'' *''Puccinia abei'' *''Puccinia aberrans'' *''Puccinia abnormis'' *''Puccinia abramoviana'' *''Puccinia abramsii'' *''Puccinia abrepta'' *''Puccinia abrotani'' *''Puccinia abrupta'' *''Puccinia absicca'' *''Puccinia abundans'' *''Puccinia abutiloides'' *''Puccinia abutilonis'' *''Puccinia abyssinica'' *''Puccinia acalyphae'' *''Puccinia ...
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