Chaconiaceae

The Chaconiaceae are a family of rust fungi in the order Pucciniales. The family contained 8 genera and 75 species in 2008.^[1] By 2020, there were 8 genera and 84 species.^[2]

Chaconiaceae
Cytological structures of Botryorhiza hippocrateae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Pucciniomycetes
Order:	Pucciniales
Family:	Chaconiaceae Cummins & Y.Hirats. (1983)
Type genus
Chaconia Juel (1897)

Most species have a tropical distribution. Maravalia cryptostegiae has been used with success as a biocontrol agent against rubber vine in Australia.^[3]

Genera

As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020;^[2]

1. Ceraceopsora Kakish., T. Sato & S. Sato (1)
2. Chaconia Juel (12)
3. Goplana Racib. (13)
4. Maravalia Arthur (41)
5. Olivea Arthur (8)
6. Telomapea G.F. Laundon (1)

Note: the genera Achrotelium Syd. and Botryorhiza Whetzel & Olive are now placed in the Zaghouaniaceae.^[4]