Pucciniaceae Explained

The Pucciniaceae are a family of rust fungi that cause plant diseases, mainly on cereals such as wheat. The family contains over 4900 species: many of them in the type genus Puccinia.^[1]

Genera

Genera in the Pucciniaceae (with estimated numbers of species):^[2]

• Allodus (1)
• Chrysella (1)
• Chrysocelis (5)
• Chrysocyclus (3)
• Chrysopsora (1)
• Cleptomyces (1)
• Coleopucciniella (2)
• Corbulopsora (3)
• Cumminsiella (8)
• Endophyllum (43)

• Kernella (1)
• Miyagia (3)
• Polioma (5)
• Puccinia (ca. 3300)
• Ramakrishnania (1)
• Roestelia (15)
• Stereostratum (1)
• Uredo (ca. 780)
• Uromyces (ca. 1500)
• Xenostele (4)

Note: the genus Zaghouania (synonym Cystopsora) is now placed to the restored family Zaghouaniaceae.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA . Dictionary of the Fungi. . 10th . . Wallingford, UK . 2008 . 577 . 978-0-85199-826-8.
2. 6 . Wijayawardene . Nalin . Hyde . Kevin . Laith Khalil Tawfeeq . Al-Ani . Somayeh . Dolatabadi . Stadler . Marc . Haelewaters . Danny . Tsurykau . Andrei . Mesic . Armin . Navathe . Sudhir . Papp . Viktor . Oliveira Fiuza . Patrícia . Vázquez . Víctor . Gautam . Ajay . Becerra . Alejandra G. . Ekanayaka . Anusha . K. C. . Rajeshkumar . Bezerra . Jadson . Matočec . Neven . Maharachchikumbura . Sajeewa . Suetrong . Satinee . 2020 . Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa . Mycosphere . 11 . 1060–1456 . 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . free. 10481/61998 . free .
3. Aime MC, McTaggart AR (2021) A higher-rank classification for rust fungi, with notes on genera. Fungal Syst. Evol. 7: 21–47. (Published online 2020 Nov 13. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2021.07.02 available at NCBI)