Puccinia smyrnii, or alexanders rust, is a fungus species and plant pathogen which causes rust on alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum). It was originally found in Sicily.[3] It is found in Europe and parts of north Africa.[4]

Puccinia smyrnii
Puccinia smyrnii (yellow dots) of leaves
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Pucciniaceae
Genus: Puccinia
Species:
P. smyrnii
Binomial name
Puccinia smyrnii
Bivona-Bernardi 1894 [1]
Synonyms[2]
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    • Aecidium bunii var. smyrnii-olusatri DC., Fl. franç., Edn 3 (Paris) 5/6: 96 (1815)
    • Aecidium smyrnii Bagnis, in Thümen, Mycoth. Univ., cent. 2: no. 153 (1875)
    • Aecidium umbelliferarum G. Boyer & Jacz., Annls Ec. Agric. Montpellier: 22 (1894)
    • Dicaeoma smyrnii (Biv.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 3(3): 470 (1898)
    • Puccinia smyrnii-olusatri (DC.) Lindr., Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 22(no. 4): 9 (1902)
    • Uredo aecidiiformis Grev., Fl. Edin.: 441 (1824)

References

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  1. ^ Biv., Stirp. Rar. Sic. 4: 30 (1816)
  2. ^ "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Species Fungorum - Names Record". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Puccinia smymii". Discover Life. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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