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 Puccinia lagenophorae
SynonymsPuccinia tasmanica
Puccinia allanii
Puccinia cinerariae
Puccinia distincta
Puccinia erechtitis
Puccinia obscura
BiostatusPresent 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: Owing to the introduction into Europe of the Australasian species of rust fungus on
groundsel (Senecio vulgaris), the identification of three species of rust oil hosts in
Compositae has been reinvestigated by Viennot-Bourgin (1964) and Wilson,
Walshaw, and Walker (1965). Viennot-Bourgin separated groundsel rust from
Puccinia erechtites McAlpine on morphology of teleutospores but Wilson, Walshaw,
and Walker (1965) regard both species as being the same rust; they also regard
these species as synonymous with P. distincta and P. lagenophora, P. lagenophora
being the prior name. As teleutospore characters are variable, the synonomy given
by Wilson, Walshaw, and Walker (1965) has been accepted. Cunningham (1931b)
suggested that with this fungus, a rust endemic to Australasia, has spread to exotic
host species such as Bellis perennis, Calendula officinalis, Senecio cruentus and S.
vulgaris. It is very common throughout New Zealand; when cultigens of Bellis
perennis are grown as ornamental bedding plants, the rust can be most destructive.
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