''Pucciniastrum'' is a
genus
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of
Basidiomycota
Basidiomycota () is one of two large divisions that, together with the Ascomycota, constitute the subkingdom Dikarya (often referred to as the "higher fungi") within the kingdom Fungi. Members are known as basidiomycetes. More specifically, Basi ...
fungi. ''Pucciniastrum'' species, like all
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 ...
, are obligate plant parasites.
The genus name of ''Pucciniastrum'' is in honour of Tommaso Puccini (died 1735), who was an Italian doctor and
botanist
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who taught anatomy at
Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova
The Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova (i.e. in Italian language, Italian) is the oldest hospital still active in Florence, Italy.
History and artistic profile
Origins
The hospital was founded in 1288 by Folco Portinari, the father of Beatrice Por ...
in
Florence
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Florence ...
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The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by
Gustav Heinrich Otth
Gustav Heinrich Otth (2 June 1806, in Bern – 8 November 1874) was a Swiss mycologist and military officer. Born in Bern to a family originally from Basel, Otth began his career in the military, serving in Swiss regiments in the Netherlands and ...
in Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Bern 476-479: 61, 71–75, 80–81, 84,
87 in 1861.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum
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Pucciniastrum aceris''
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Pucciniastrum actinidiae''
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Pucciniastrum agrimoniae''
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Pucciniastrum alaskanum''
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Pucciniastrum areolatum''
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Pucciniastrum asterum''
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Pucciniastrum beringianum''
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Pucciniastrum boehmeriae
''Pucciniastrum'' is a genus of Basidiomycota fungi. ''Pucciniastrum'' species, like all Rust (fungus), rust fungi, are obligate plant parasites.
The genus name of ''Pucciniastrum'' is in honour of Tommaso Puccini (died 1735), who was an Italian ...
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Pucciniastrum brachybotrydis''
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Pucciniastrum castaneae''
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Pucciniastrum celastri''
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Pucciniastrum circaeae''
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Pucciniastrum clemensiae''
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Pucciniastrum corchoropsidis''
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Pucciniastrum coriariae''
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Pucciniastrum corni''
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Pucciniastrum coronisporum''
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Pucciniastrum coryli''
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Pucciniastrum crawfurdiae''
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Pucciniastrum crawfurdiae-japonicae''
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Pucciniastrum enkianthi''
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Pucciniastrum epilobii
''Pucciniastrum epilobii'' is a plant pathogen infecting fuchsia
''Fuchsia'' ( ) is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees.
Almost 110 species of ''Fuchsia'' are recognized; the vast majority are native to ...
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Pucciniastrum epilobii-dodonaei''
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Pucciniastrum fagi''
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Pucciniastrum fuchsiae''
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Pucciniastrum gaultheriae''
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Pucciniastrum gentianae''
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Pucciniastrum goodyerae''
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Pucciniastrum guttatum''
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Pucciniastrum hakkodense''
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Pucciniastrum hikosanense''
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Pucciniastrum hydrangeae''
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Pucciniastrum hydrangeae-petiolaris''
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Pucciniastrum ishikariense''
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Pucciniastrum ishiuchii''
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Pucciniastrum kusanoi''
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Pucciniastrum magnisporum''
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Pucciniastrum malloti''
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Pucciniastrum menziesiae''
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Pucciniastrum mussaendae''
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Pucciniastrum myosotidii''
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Pucciniastrum nipponicum''
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Pucciniastrum pseudocerasi''
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Pucciniastrum pyrolae''
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Pucciniastrum rubiae''
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Pucciniastrum sparsum''
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Pucciniastrum stachyuri''
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Pucciniastrum symphyti''
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Pucciniastrum tripetaleiae''
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Pucciniastrum verruculosum''
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Pucciniastrum wikstroemiae''
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Pucciniastrum yoshinagae''
References
External links
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Index Fungorum*
Basidiomycota genera
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Pucciniales
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