Botryorhiza

Botryorhiza
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Chaconiaceae
Genus: Botryorhiza
Whetzel & Olive (1917)[1]
Type species
Botryorhiza hippocrateae
Whetzel & Olive (1917)

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

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.
  2. 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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