Puccinia balansae Speg.

Junior, Alcindo Da Silva Martins, Gomes, Paulo Weslem Portal, Sakuragui, Cássia Mônica & Junior, Aníbal Alves De Carvalho, 2022, Contributions to the knowledge and distribution of Pucciniales (rust fungi) in three Brazilian biomes, Phytotaxa 577 (1), pp. 79-117 : 103

Puccinia balansae Speg. , Anal Soc. Cient. Argentina 16: 50. 1883.

Type on Araujia sp. , Guarapi, Paraguay, 1880, B. Balansa 2743 (-/-,-III). Figure 6 (U) .

SPECIMENS EXAMINED— BRAZIL, SÃO PAULO, Mogi Guaçu, Reserva Biológica de Mogi Guaçu , “Campinhinha” farm, on indetermined Apocynaceae , 20.VI.2017, III, A. Martins Junior & A.A. Carvalho Junior 245/17 ( RB 757101 ).

COMMENTS—This is the first record for the State of S ã o Paulo and the Cerrado biome. This species is usually identified as Puccinia rouliniae Henn. Lindquist (1982) , however, claims that this species and Puccinia balansae Speg. , are synonyms and therefore should prevail the latter name due to the principle of priority recommended in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

DESCRIPTION: Hennen et al. (2005).

Figures

FIGURE 6. A–G: Crossopsora angusta: A: Uredinia; B–C: Urediniospores: B: Medial view; C: Superficial view; D–E: Uredinal paraphyses; F: General appearance of the Telia and telial paraphyses (arrow); G: Teliospores; H–L: Crossopsorella byrsonimae: H–I: Urediniospores: H: Medial view; I: Superficial view; J: Paraphyses; K: General appearance of the Telia; L: Teliospores; M–N: Phakopsora bauhiniicola: M: General aspect of the Telia; N: Teliospores; O–Q: Phragmidiella minuta: O–P: Urediniospores: O: Medial view; P: Superficial view; Q: Paraphyses; R–T: Phragmidiella paulista: R–S: Urediniospores: R: Medial view; S: Superficial view; T: Uredinal paraphyses and urediniospore; U: Teliospores of Puccinia balansae; V–W: Urediniospores of Puccinia barbatula: V: Medial view; W: Superficial view; Bars: B–E, G–I, N–W = 10μm; A, F, L = 20 μm; K = 100 μm.