Pucciniaceae

The Pucciniaceae are a family of rust fungi that cause plant diseases, mainly on cereals such as wheat. The family contains over 4900 species: many of them in the type genus Puccinia.^[1]

Pucciniaceae
Puccinia triticina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Pucciniomycetes
Order:	Pucciniales
Family:	Pucciniaceae Chevall. (1826)
Type genus
Puccinia Pers. (1794)

Genera

Genera in the Pucciniaceae (with estimated numbers of species):^[2]

• Allodus Arthur (1)
• Chrysella Syd. (1)
• Chrysocelis Syd. (5)^[3]
• Chrysocyclus Syd. (3)
• Chrysopsora Lagerh. (1)
• Cleptomyces Arthur (1)
• Coleopucciniella Hara ex Hirats. (2)
• Corbulopsora Cummins (3)
• Cumminsiella Arthur (8)
• Endophyllum Lév. (43)
• Kernella Thirum. (1)
• Miyagia Miyabe ex Syd. & P. Syd. (3)
• Polioma Arthur (5)
• Puccinia Pers. (ca. 3300)
• Ramakrishnania Ramachar & Bhagyan. (1)
• Roestelia Rebent. (15)
• Stereostratum Magnus (1)
• Uredo Pers. (ca. 780)
• Uromyces (Link) Unger (ca. 1500)
• Xenostele Syd. & P. Syd. (4)

Note: the genus Zaghouania Pat. (synonym Cystopsora E.J. Butler) is now placed to the restored family Zaghouaniaceae.^[3]