The Pucciniosiraceae are a family of rust fungi in the order Pucciniales.[1] The family contains 10 genera and 57 species.[2]

Pucciniosiraceae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Pucciniosiraceae
(Dietel) Cummins & Y. Hirats.
Type genus
Pucciniosira

In 2018, they were placed within the Uredinales order (which was a previous name for the Pucciniales).[3][4] They are 'endocyclic rusts', species with endocyclic life cycles and having reduced autoecious life cycles (they complete their life cycle on a single host species), in which the aeciospores function as teliospores.[5]

Genera

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As accepted by Species Fungorum;[6]

References

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  1. ^ Buriticá, Pablo; Hennen, Joe F. (22 August 1980). "Pucciniosireae (Uredinales, Pucciniaceae)". Flora Neotropica. 24. New York Botanical Garden Press: 1–48.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 581. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ^ Berndt, R. (2018). "The Pucciniosiraceae: Taxonomy of a polyphyletic family of the rust fungi (Uredinales)". S2CID 146012965. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ^ Aime, M.Catherine (June 2006). "Toward resolving family-level relationships in rust fungi (Uredinales)". Mycoscience. 47 (3): 112–122. doi:10.1007/S10267-006-0281-0.
  5. ^ Aime, M.C.; McTaggart, A.R. (13 November 2020). "A higher-rank classification for rust fungi, with notes on genera". Fungal Systematics and Evolution. 7: 21–47. doi:10.3114/fuse.2021.07.02. PMC 8165960. PMID 34124616.
  6. ^ "Baeodromus - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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