Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis Doidge
(Pelargonium Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia pelargonii-zonalis (Pelargonium Rust)
GenusPuccinia (a genus of rust fungi)
FamilyPUCCINIACEAE (a family of rust fungi)
OrderPUCCINIALES (rust fungi)
ClassPUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
SubphylumPUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis (Pelargonium Rust) :
1: Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis (Pelargonium Rust)
28 Nov 2006 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Uredinia (with occasional teliospores) on underside of Pelargonium leaves
Image 1: Infected leaf - top surface - close-upImage 2: Infected leaf - top surface - close-up (2)Image 3: Infected leaf - underside - close-upImage 4: Infected leaf - underside - close-up (2)Image 5: Infected leaf - underside - close-up (3)Image 6: Uredinium at base of leaf - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Uredinium - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Uredinium - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 9: Uredinium - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Uredinium - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 11: Teliospore - focused to show pores - indicated - magnifiedImage 12: Teliospore - focused to show pores - magnifiedImage 13: Teliospore - magnifiedImage 14: Teliospores - focused to show pores (below) - magnifiedImage 15: Uredospores - magnifiedImage 16: Uredospores - magnified (2)Image 17: Uredospores - magnified (3)Image 18: Uredospores - magnified (4)Image 19: Uredospores - microscope low magnification

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Spooner, B.M. & Fox, R.T.V. 1993 Fungal foes in your garden no 21: Pelargonium rust. Mycologist Vol 07 (3): 149.

Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis (Pelargonium Rust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis (Pelargonium Rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis (Pelargonium Rust)
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