Species of fungus
Puccinia smyrnii
Puccinia smyrnii (yellow dots) of leaves
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Pucciniomycetes
Order:
Pucciniales
Family:
Pucciniaceae
Genus:
Puccinia
Species:
P. smyrnii
Binomial name
Puccinia smyrnii
Synonyms [ 2]
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)
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]
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