Puccinia vincae (DC.) Berk.
(Periwinkle Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPuccinia vincae (Periwinkle 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 vincae (Periwinkle Rust) :
1: Puccinia vincae (Periwinkle Rust)
3 May 2014 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Infected plants of Greater Periwinkle
Image 1: Etiolated shoots with rust pustules
2: Puccinia vincae (Periwinkle Rust)
5 May 2009 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Uredia on undersides of leaves of Greater Periwinkle
Image 1: Uredospores - magnifiedImage 2: Uredospores - magnified (2)
3: Puccinia vincae (Periwinkle Rust)
7 Feb 1999 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Greater Periwinkle in garden
Image 1: Infected shootsImage 2: Infection on leaf undersideImage 3: Infection on leaf underside (2)Image 4: Infection spots - enlargedImage 5: Infection spots - enlarged (2)Image 6: Conidia of Tuberculina sbrozzii and 2 ?aeciospores - magnified
4: Puccinia vincae (Periwinkle Rust)
7 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU66 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Greater Periwinkle
Image 1: Infected leaf - undersideImage 2: Infected leaf - underside (2)Image 3: Infected leaf - underside (3)Image 4: Infected leaf - underside - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Infected leaves - undersideImage 6: Infected shoots

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C. 1999 Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts Mycologist Vol 13 (3): 107-111.
Fox, R. 2005 Fungal foes in your garden no 60: Periwinkle Rust Mycologist Vol 19 (2): 72-73.

Puccinia vincae (Periwinkle 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 vincae (Periwinkle Rust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Puccinia vincae (Periwinkle Rust)
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