Uromycladium

Uromycladium
E. tepperianum on Acacia armata & A. pycnantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Pucciniomycetes
Order:
Pucciniales
Family:
Pileolariaceae
Genus:
Uromycladium

McAlpine (1905)
Type species
Uromycladium simplex
McAlpine (1905)
Species

~11

Uromycladium is a genus of rust fungi in the family Pileolariaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Daniel McAlpine in 1905.[1] The genus was established by McAlpine for rusts on Acacia (Fabaceae, subfamily Mimosoideae) with teliospores that clustered at the top of a pedicel.[1][2]

The genus contains at least 11 species. Some of these species infect plants in the family Mimosoideae including Acacia, Paraserianthes and Falcataria.[2] Most species are considered to be specific to only one host species of plant, such as Uromycladium simplex on Acacia pycnantha[3] and Uromycladium falcatarium on Falcataria moluccana.[2] Uromycladium tepperianum, on the other hand, has almost 100 known hosts including plants from several tribes of Mimosoideae.[4] However, research suggests that this species may comprise several unrecognized taxa with narrower host ranges.[2][5]

  1. ^ a b McAlpine, D. 1905. A new genus of Uredineae — Uromycladium. Ann Mycol 3(4):303–322
  2. ^ a b c d Doungsa-ard, C., McTaggart, A.R., Geering, A.D.W., Dalisay, T.U., Ray, J. Shivas, R.G. 2015. Uromycladium falcatarium sp. nov., the cause of gall rust on Paraserianthes falcataria in south-east Asia. Australasian Plant Pathol. 44: 25–30. DOI 10.1007/s13313-014-0301-z
  3. ^ McAlpine, Daniel (1906). The rusts of Australia their structure, nature and classification. Department of Agriculture (Victoria). pp. 110–12.
  4. ^ Uromycladium tepperianum on Acacia spp.". Invasive and Emerging Fungal Pathogens – Diagnostic Fact Sheets. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  5. ^ Morris MJ (1987) Biology of the Acacia gall rust, Uromycladium tepperianum. Plant Pathol 36:100–106