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 Puccinia novozelandica
SynonymsPuccinia compacta
BiostatusPresent in region - Indigenous. Endemic
Article: Cunningham, G.H. (1924). The Uredinales, or rust-fungi, of New Zealand: supplement to Part 1; and Part 2. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 55: 1-58 Wellington:.
Notes: The following species and form-species have been recorded as occurring in New Zealand,
but, as I have not seen specimens, I am unable to give descriptions; moreover, as in most
instances the published descriptions are so fragmentary as to be useless for comparative
purposes, I have not included them here.
(d.) Puccinia novo-zelandica Bubak, Sitz-ber. Boehm. Ges. Wiss., p. 5, 1901. P.
compactor Berk., Fl. N.Z., vol. 2, p. 195, 1855. Host: Myosotis capitata Hook. f.
These specimens were said to have been collected in the South Island, but the host is confined
to the Auckland and Campbell Islands. (Cheeseman, 1906, p. 463.)
Article: McKenzie, E.H.C. (2008). Rust fungi in the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Mycoscience 49: 1-10 Mycological Society of Japan.
Description: Aecia, pycnia, and uredinia not known. Telia hypophyllous, circular, single, 1–1.25 mm diameter, sometimes surrounded by a ring of smaller pustules, pale amber, pulvinate, compact. Teliospores fusiform or ovoid, straight or slightly curved, apical cell oval or ellipsoidal, basal cell oval, ellipsoidal or obovoid, apex subacute, rounded, base attenuated, slightly constricted at septum, 45–68 x 16.5–23 µm (mean of 32 spores, 56.1 x 19.5 µm); wall smooth, yellowish, 2.25–3.5 µm thick at side, 4.5–10 µm thick at apex; pedicel persistent, up to 190 µm long, 8–14 µm wide, wall 2.25–3.25 µm thick, hyaline.
Notes: The teliospore measurements obtained from an examination of the type specimen held at Kew are comparable to those given by Sydow (1922), who also examined the type specimen, and cited measurements of 42–62 x 15–20 µm. This rust was initially described as Puccinia compacta Berk. (Berkeley 1855), which is a later homonyn of P. compacta Kunze. It was said to have been collected by Lyall in the “Southern Island” (??Stewart Island). However, the host is restricted to the Auckland and Campbell island groups. Cunningham (1931) cites the specimen as being collected by J.D. Hooker on the Auckland Islands, but it is equally likely that it was collected on Campbell Island, as there is nothing on the Kew specimen to indicate either Campbell Island or Auckland Islands as the locality.
Article: Dingley, J.M. (1969). Records of plant diseases in New Zealand. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bulletin 192: 298 p. Wellington:.
Notes: There is a single collection [on Myosotis capitata] in the Herbarium, Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew, from Auckland. Cunningham (1931a) stated that he had not seen Berkeley's
material. No other collections of this rust exist.
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