Puccinia heliconiae

Puccinia • Pucciniales • Pucciniomycetes • Basidiomycota • fungi • plant diseases • pests-diseases-weeds

Puccinia heliconiae asexual spores
Author(s): Cesar Calderon, USDA APHIS PPQ
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Puccinia heliconiae (Dietel) Arthur 1918

This fungus causes a rust disease on Heliconia. It has been reported from tropical parts of South and Central America as well as from Papua New Guinea (Pacific). It forms brownish uredinia and spherical urediniospores, about 25 µm in diameter.

Synonyms:
Uredo heliconiae

Publications covering Puccinia heliconiae

Australasian Plant Disease Notes (2008) 3, 132-134
J.R. Liberato, J.D. Ray and T. Gunua (2008)
Puccinia heliconiae on Heliconia sp. in Papua New Guinea