Botryorhiza

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Botryorhiza
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Cytological structures of Botryorhiza
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Zaghouaniaceae
Genus: Botryorhiza
Whetzel & Olive (1917) [1]
Type species
Botryorhiza hippocrateae
Whetzel & Olive (1917)

Botryorhiza is a genus of rust fungi in the family Zaghouaniaceae. [2] The genus, previously placed in the Chaconiaceae, is monotypic, containing the single species Botryorhiza hippocrateae, which grows on Hippocratea plants in Brazil and the Caribbean. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Olive EW, Whetzel HH (1917). "Endophyllum-like rusts of Porto Rico". American Journal of Botany. 4 (1): 44–52. doi:10.2307/2435196. JSTOR   2435196.
  2. ↑ Aime, M. C.; McTaggart, A. R. (2021). "A higher-rank classification for rust fungi, with notes on genera". Fungal Systematics and Evolution. 7: 21–47. doi:10.3114/fuse.2021.07.02. PMC   8165960 . PMID   34124616.
  3. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p.  99. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
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