The Pucciniaceae are a

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rust fungi Rusts are fungal plant pathogens of the order Pucciniales (previously known as Uredinales) causing plant fungal diseases. An estimated 168 rust genera and approximately 7,000 species, more than half of which belong to the genus ''Puccinia'', are ...

that cause plant diseases, mainly on

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s such as

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. The family contains over 4900 species: many of them in the

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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 Ital ...

''.

Genera

Genera in the Pucciniaceae (with estimated numbers of species): * '' 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) * ''

'' (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 The Zaghouaniaceae are a family of rust fungus genera, some of which have long been considered ''incertae sedis'' in the order Pucciniales, based on the type genus '' Zaghouania''. The classification of fungal taxa based on only morphological c ...

.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 a
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References

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* {{Authority control Fungal plant pathogens and diseases Basidiomycota families Pucciniales Taxa named by François Fulgis Chevallier Taxa described in 1826