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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Puccinia geranii-pilosi. Puccinia geranii-pilosi

Synonyms

Uromyces scariousus

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous. Non endemic

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: Both the host plants [Geranium australe and G. microphyllum] and rust are present in Australia and Tasmania. In New Zealand the rust is common on plants growing on the sea coast of Hawke's Bay and Wellington.

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.
(c.) Uromyces scariosus Berk., Fl. N.Z., vol. 2, p. 195, 1855.
Hosts: Geranium disseetum Land G. microphyllum Hook. f. (= Geranium potentilloides Hook. f. Collected in Hawke's Bay by Colenso.