Puccinia purpurea

TaxID: 684838

Basic Information

Puccinia purpurea

Leaf Rust of Sorghum

Puccinia purpurea is a fungal species and plant pathogen that causes rust on sorghum. It is found in temperate places worldwide, excluding colder parts such as Russia and Canada. The pathogen was discovered in 1876 by Cooke, on the leaves of Sorghum vulgare in Maharashtra, India. P. purpurea is also native to eastern Australia, except Queensland. Where, it is considered a pest.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Basidiomycota

Pucciniomycetes

Pucciniales

Pucciniaceae

Puccinia

purpurea

Undefined

Photos (5 photos)

Puccinia purpurea
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(c) Alison Northup@BY
Puccinia purpurea
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(c) Alison Northup@BY
Puccinia purpurea
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(c) Caleb Helsel@BY-NC
Puccinia purpurea
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(c) Caleb Helsel@BY-NC
Puccinia purpurea
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(c) Alison Northup@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Ghana Quarantine pests —
Paraguay Quarantine pests —

Distribution (36 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Bermuda Present —
Brazil Present —
Barbados Present —
Democratic Republic of the Congo Present —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Cuba Present —
Dominican Republic Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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