Hemileia

Hemileia
Hemileia vastatrix uredinial pustules (bar = 5 mm)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Zaghouaniaceae
Genus: Hemileia
Berk. & Broome[1]

Hemileia is a genus of rust fungi, now placed in the family Zaghouaniaceae,[2] but long considered incertae sedis in the order Pucciniales. This genus has a pan-tropical distribution[3] and includes important crop plant pathogens, such as the causative organism of coffee leaf rust.

  1. ^ Berkeley MJ, Broome CE (1869) Syll. Pl. Not. Ratisb.: 1157
  2. ^ Aime MC, McTaggart AR (2021) A higher-rank classification for rust fungi, with notes on genera. Fungal Syst. Evol. 7: 21–47. (Published online 2020 Nov 13. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2021.07.02; available at NCBI)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference GBIF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).