Puccinia crucianellae Desmazieres, 1847
on Crucianella

Crucianella angustifolia, uit González Fragoso (1924a): teliosporen
gall
no host plant alternation, uredinia en telia. Uredinia tiny, yellowish brown,ultimately also forming teliospores. Urediniospores finely spinulose, with 4-6 conspicuous germination pores. Telia less than a mm, blackish brown, dispersed all over the plant. Teliospores 2-celled, smooth, wall apically thickened; pedicel ± hyaline, up to 55 µm, persistent.
host plants
Rubiaceae, monophagous
Crucianella angustifolia, herbacea, latifolia, macrostachya, maritima.
references
Brandenburger (1985a: 505), Gäumann (1959a), González Fragoso (1924a), Negrean & Denchev (2000a), Savchenko, Heluta, Wasser & Nevo (2014d), Savchenko, Wasser, Heluta & Nevo (2019a).
Last modified 21.xii.2019