Puccinia akiraho G. Cunn. 1930

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Name scientific

Puccinia akiraho G. Cunn., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 61 411 (1930)

Preferred name

Puccinia akiraho G. Cunn. 1930

Taxonomy reference

McKenzie, E.H.C. 1998: Rust fungi of New Zealand - an introduction, and list of recorded species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 36(2): 233-271.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Anon

Nomenclature

Authors

G. Cunn.

Original authors

G. Cunn.

Publication place

Cunningham, G.H. 1930: Seventh supplement to the Uredinales and Ustilaginales of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 61(2): 402-418.

Year published

1930

Publication page

411

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Puccinia akiraho G. Cunn. 1930

Type locality

NZ holotype

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Puccinia akiraho

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Pucciniomycetes

Order

Pucciniales

Family

Pucciniaceae

Genus

Puccinia

Species

akiraho

Synonyms

Puccinia novae-zelandiae G. Cunn. 1923

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Olearia paniculata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce

Cunningham, G.H. (1923)

has host

Olearia avicenniifolia (Raoul) Hook.f.

Cunningham, G.H. (1924)

has host

Olearia paniculata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce

Cunningham, G.H. (1930)

has host

Olearia avicenniifolia (Raoul) Hook.f.

Cunningham, G.H. (1931)

has host

Olearia avicenniifolia (Raoul) Hook.f.

Dingley, J.M. (1969)

has host

Olearia avicenniifolia (Raoul) Hook.f.

Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)

has host

Olearia avicenniifolia (Raoul) Hook.f.

Hood, I.A. (1985)

has host

Olearia avicenniifolia (Raoul) Hook.f.

McKenzie, E.H.C. (1998)

has host

Olearia avicenniifolia (Raoul) Hook.f.

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

has host

Myosotis capitata Hook.f.

Berkeley, M.J.

has host

Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing

Cunningham, G.H. (1924)

has host

Myosotis capitata Hook.f.

Cunningham, G.H. (1931)

has host

Myosotis capitata Hook.f.

Dingley, J.M. (1969)

has host

Myosotis capitata Hook.f.

McKenzie, E.H.C. (1998)

has host

Myosotis capitata Hook.f.

McKenzie, E.H.C.; Foggo, M.N. (1989)

has host

Myosotis capitata Hook.f.

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

has host

Olearia

PDD (1 records from New Zealand.)

has host

Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing

PDD (1 records from New Zealand.)

has host

Olearia avicenniifolia (Raoul) Hook.f.

PDD (19 records from New Zealand.)

has host

Olearia furfuracea (A.Rich.) Hook.f.

PDD (6 records from New Zealand.)

has host

Olearia paniculata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce

PDD (11 records from New Zealand.)

is host of

Tuberculina persicina (Ditmar) Sacc. 1881

PDD (1 records from New Zealand.)

Descriptions

Dingley, J.M. 1969: Records of plant diseases in New Zealand. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bulletin. 192.

Puccinia akiraho G. Cunn. 1930

Notes

It was first listed by Cunningham as Puccinia novae-zelandiae G.H. Cunn_' but as the specific name was occupied he renamed it in 1930 as P. akiraho. It occurs sporadically throughout New Zealand. Both rust and host plants [Olearia spp.] are endemic.

Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) 2005: Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. 4. Fungal Diversity Press.

Puccinia akiraho G. Cunn. 1930

Description

Type: Rust and Smut Fungi; Description: Aecia sparsely arranged in scattered groups, minute, tubular, standing proud of the leaf surface, pale yellow with a white tattered margin, up to 0.5 mm in diameter; on the upper surfaces of leaves. Aeciospores elliptical to polygonal, 25–35 × 15–25 μm, covered with irregular warts, appearing reticulate, hyaline. Telia scattered, minute, circular to elliptical, orange, powdery, up to 0.5 mm in diameter; buried in the dense tomentum of the lower leaf surface and associated with discoloured leaf spots. Teliospores elliptical, 1-septate, 55–96 × 25–37 μm, hyaline; pedicel persistent.

Distribution

Distribution: Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Nelson, Buller, Westland, Marlborough Sounds, Marlborough, North Canterbury, Mid Canterbury, Mackenzie.; 1st Record: Cunningham (1923a: as Puccinia novae-zelandiae).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: None.; Host(s): Olearia avicenniifolia, O. furfuracea, O. paniculata.