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Pelargonium rust

Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 3, February 3, March 6, April 8, May 9, June 10, July 4, August 2, September 3, October 3, November 4, December 3.
California46
United States38
New Zealand35
Portugal17
Auckland Region17
Australia10
Canterbury Region10
AVEIRO9
Victoria6
Spain5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Plant pathogenDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly parasitize or infect plants.Inferred from its group
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassPucciniomycetes
Orderrust fungi · Pucciniales
FamilyPucciniaceae
GenusOrange-Yellow Rusts · Puccinia

Sources

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