Chaconiaceae

Chaconiaceae
Cytological structures of "Botryorhiza hippocrateae"
Cytological structures of Botryorhiza hippocrateae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Pucciniomycetes
Order:
Pucciniales
Family:
Chaconiaceae

Cummins & Y.Hirats. (1983)
Type genus
Chaconia
Juel (1897)

The Chaconiaceae are a family of rust fungi in the order Pucciniales. The family contained 8 genera and 75 species in 2008.[1] By 2020, there were 8 genera and 84 species.[2]

Most species have a tropical distribution. Maravalia cryptostegiae has been used with success as a biocontrol agent against rubber vine in Australia.[3]

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