Puccinia komarovii Tranzschel, 1936
on Impatiens
Impatiens parviflora, Mierlo: stem galled by aecia © Arnold Grosscurt
telia
Impatiens parviflora, Otterlo, de Zanding; © Arnold Grosscurt
underside of the leaf, with brown telia
Impatiens parviflora, Overveen: detail of a telium
urediniospore
teliospore. The constriction between the cells of the teliospore in the illustrated material is much weaker than indicated by Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a).
gall
No host plant alternation. Aecia orange, cupulate, in dense groups mainly on the stems; the cause strong, up to 10 cm long galling. Uredinia and telia hypophyllous, on conspicuous, pale leaf spots. Uredinia cinnamon brown; spores spinuolose, with but one germination pore, surrounded by a spine-less zone and capped by a low papilla. Telia chestnut brown; spores 2-celled, wall smooth, pedicel short, hyaline, deciduous.
host plants
Balsaminaceae, monophagous
Impatiens amphorata, balsamina, capensis, firmula, parviflora, scabrida, sodenii.
Not on I. noli-tangere. Tanner ao (2015a) describe a var. glanduliferae, collected by them in the Himalaya, that is strictly associated with I. glandulifera. The variety may possibly de deployed in the control of this highly invasive species.
references
Afshan, Khalid & Niazi (2012a), Beenken & Senn-Irlet (2016a), Brandenburger (1985a: 365), Buhr (1964b), Gäumann (1959a), Hafellner (1980a), Jage, Kruse, Kummer ao (2013a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kozłowska, Mułenko & Heluta (2015a), Kruse (2019a), Mułenko, Piątek, Wołczańska ao (2010a), Marková & Urban (1988a), Negrean (1996b), Negrean & Anastasiu (2006a), Piskorz & Klimko (2006a), Poelt & Zwetko (1997a), Riegler-Hager (2000a), Roskam (2009a) Scheuer & Bechter (2012a), Tanner, Ellison, Seier ao (2015a), Termorshuizen (2006a), Termorshuizen & Swertz (2011a), Tóth (1994a), Vanderweyen & Fraiture (2009a, 2011a).