Puccinia xanthii

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Puccinia xanthii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Urediniomycetes
Subclass: Incertae sedis
Order: Uredinales
Family: Pucciniaceae
Genus: Puccinia
Species: Puccinia xanthii
Binomial name
Puccinia xanthii
Schwein., (1822)

Puccinia xanthii is a plant pathogen which causes rust on Xanthium occidentale and can be used as a form of biological control where this plant is an invasive species.

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Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database

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