| Puccinia | |
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| Puccinia triticinia on wheat | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Pucciniales |
| Family: | Pucciniaceae |
| Genus: | Puccinia Pers. (1801) |
| Type species | |
| Puccinia graminis Pers. (1794)
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| Species | |
Puccinia is a genus of fungi. All species in this genus are obligate plant pathogens and are known as rusts.[1] The genus contains about 4000 species.[2]
The genus name of Puccinia is in honour of Tommaso Puccini (died 1735), who was an Italian doctor and botanist who taught anatomy at Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Pier Antonio Micheli in Nov. Pl. Gen. on page 213 in 1729.
- ^ "Fungi", Lillian E Hawker, 1966, p. 167
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Kirk 2008was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.