Puccinia purpurea

Puccinia purpurea is a plant pathogen that causes rust on sorghum. P. purpurea is native to eastern Australia except Queensland. The pathogen was discovered in 1876 by Cooke.[1] In Australia, it is considered a pest.[2]

Puccinia purpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Pucciniaceae
Genus: Puccinia
Species:
P. purpurea
Binomial name
Puccinia purpurea
Cooke (1876)
Synonyms

Dicaeoma prunicolor (Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler) Syd., (1922)
Dicaeoma purpureum (Cooke) Kuntze, (1898)
Puccinia andropogonis-hirti (Maire) Beltrán, (1921)
Puccinia prunicolor Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler, (1906)
Puccinia sanguinea Dietel, (1897)
Puccinia sorghi-halepensis (Pat.) Speg., (1914)
Uredo andropogonis-hirti Maire, (1905)
Uredo sorghi Fuckel, in Thümen
Uredo sorghi-halepensis Pat.

See also

References
  1. White, J. A.; Ryley, M. J.; George, D. L.; Kong, G. A. (2015-01-01). "Identification of pathotypes of the sorghum rust pathogen, Puccinia purpurea, in Australia". Australasian Plant Pathology. 44 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1007/s13313-014-0318-3. ISSN 1448-6032.
  2. "Puccinia purpurea Cooke 1876". www.agric.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-05-25.


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