Chaconiaceae

Chaconiaceae
Hemileia vastatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Chaconiaceae
Cummins & Y.Hirats. (1983)
Type genus
Chaconia
Juel (1897)
Genera

Achrotelium
Aplopsora
Botryorhiza
Ceraceopsora
Chaconia
Goplana
Maravalia
Olivea
Telomapea

The Chaconiaceae are a family of rust fungi in the order Pucciniales. The family contains 8 genera and 75 species.[1] Most species have a tropical distribution. Maravalia cryptostegiae has been used with success as a biocontrol agent against rubber vine in Australia.[2]

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal families of the world. Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 62. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.


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