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Uromyces muscari (Duby) Niessl 1864

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Uromyces muscari (Duby) Niessl (1864)
Uromyces muscari (Duby) Niessl 1864

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New Zealand
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(Duby) Niessl
Duby
Niessl
1864
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Uromyces muscari

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muscari

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The host species are common cultigens throughout New Zealand. The rust was first observed on leaves of hyacinths in Dunedin. In spring in 1959 and 1960 it was common in Christchurch and Wellington on bluebells. It is of minor economic importance. It is suggested that it has been introduced with bulbs of the host.

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Pflanzenparasitische Kleinpilze, F. Klenke and M. Scholler (2015) adopts U. hyacinthi for the rust on Hyacinthoides non-scripta and they differentiate it from U. muscari. U. muscari was described from Leopoldia comosa and U. hyancinthi from Brimeura fastigiata. All species in subfamily sciloidea. [JAC]

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