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Pucciniastrum

Pucciniastrum is a genus of Basidiomycota fungi. Pucciniastrum species, like all rust fungi, are obligate plant parasites.

Pucciniastrum
Pucciniastrum areolatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Pucciniastraceae
Genus: Pucciniastrum
G.H.Otth (1861)
Type species
Pucciniastrum epilobii
(Chaillet) G.H.Otth (1861)
Synonyms[1]

Calyptospora J.G.Kühn (1869)
Phragmopsora Magnus (1875)

The genus name of Pucciniastrum 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.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Gustav Heinrich Otth in Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Bern 476-479: 61, 71–75, 80–81, 84, 87 in 1861.

Species

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As accepted by Species Fungorum;[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Pucciniastrum G.H. Otth 1861". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "Pucciniastrum - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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