Biology:Uromyces

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Short description: Genus of rust fungi

Uromyces
Uromyces pisi-sativi.jpg
Uromyces pisi-sativi on leaves of cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Pucciniaceae
Genus: Uromyces
(Link) Unger (1833)[1]
Type species
Uredo appendiculata
Pers. (1796)
Synonyms[2]
  • Alveomyces Bubák, 1914
  • Rabenh. H.Sydow & P.Sydow, 1920
  • J.C.Arthur, 1906 J.C.Arthur, 1906
  • Nielsenia Groveola
  • H.Sydow, 1921 Uromycopsis
  • Coeomurus H.Sydow, 1921
  • H.Sydow, 1921 J.C.Arthur, 1906
  • Poliotelium Haplopyxis
  • H.Sydow, 1922 Capitularia
  • Gray H.Sydow & P.Sydow, 1920
  • Fuckel, 1860 Ontotelium
  • Pucciniola Haplotelium
  • L.Marchand, 1829 Teleutospora
  • Dichlamys H.Sydow, 1922
  • J.C.Arthur & G.R.Bisby, 1921 Puccinella
  • Telospora Klebahnia

Uromyces is a genus of rust fungi in the family Pucciniaceae. The genus was described by Franz Unger in his 1833 work Die Exantheme der Pflanzen. They have a worldwide distribution but large occurrences happen in North America and Europe.[2]

The genus is the second-largest plant pathogenic rust genus, which is responsible for various plant affecting diseases, and it has major effects on both agricultural and non-agricultural plants. The genus is generally characterized by its unicellular teliospores (thick-walled resting spores) that help to characterize it and distinguish it from another important and large rust genus, Puccinia.[3]

The Uromyces fungal species have been recorded on various host plants belonging to a wide range of the families, including Asteraceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Liliaceae, Loranthaceae, and Poaceae. Family Loranthaceae is listed to be the most affected by the fungus.[3]

Species

(As of August 22), the GBIF lists up to 1,048 species,[2] while Species Fungorum lists about 1,239 species (with many former species).[4] The Encyclopedia of Life lists 969 species.[5]

Main page: Biology:List of Uromyces species

Selected species in the genus Uromyces include:


References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q892455 entry