Zaghouaniaceae

Zaghouaniaceae
spores of Hemileia vastatrix
(bar = 20 µm)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Zaghouaniaceae
P. Syd. & Syd.[1] emend. Aime & McTaggart[2]
Synonyms
  • Hemileieae Dietel[3]
  • Mikronegeriaceae Cummins & Y. Hirats. (as “Micronegeriaceae”)[4]

The Zaghouaniaceae are a family of rust fungus genera, some of which have long been considered incertae sedis in the order Pucciniales, based on the type genus Zaghouania. The classification of fungal taxa based on only morphological characteristics has long been recognised as problematical, so this order was reviewed over a long-term study using three DNA loci (including type species wherever possible) and published in 2021.[2]

  1. ^ P. Syd. & Syd. (1915) Monogr. Uredin. (Lipsiae) 3(3): 586.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ Dietel P (1928) Uredinales in Engler and Prantl., Naturl. 51.
  4. ^ Cummins GB, Hiratsuka, Y (1983) Illustrated genera of rust fungi. Edn (St. Paul): 1-152.