Uromycladium
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Uromycladium is a genus of rust fungi in the family Pileolariaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Daniel McAlpine in 1905.[1] The genus was established by McAlpine for rusts on Acacia (Fabaceae, subfamily Mimosoideae) with teliospores that clustered at the top of a pedicel.[1][2]
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E. tepperianum on Acacia armata & A. pycnantha | |
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Genus: | Uromycladium McAlpine (1905) |
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Uromycladium simplex McAlpine (1905) | |
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~11 |
The genus contains at least 11 species. Some of these species infect plants in the family Mimosoideae including Acacia, Paraserianthes and Falcataria.[2] Most species are considered to be specific to only one host species of plant, such as Uromycladium simplex on Acacia pycnantha[3] and Uromycladium falcatarium on Falcataria moluccana.[2] Uromycladium tepperianum, on the other hand, has almost 100 known hosts including plants from several tribes of Mimosoideae.[4] However, research suggests that this species may comprise several unrecognized taxa with narrower host ranges.[2][5]