Puccinia xanthii

Puccinia xanthii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Urediniomycetes
Order: Uredinales
Family: Pucciniaceae
Genus: Puccinia
Species: Puccinia xanthii
Binomial name
Puccinia xanthii
Schwein. (1822)

Puccinia xanthii is a plant pathogen infecting sunflowers. It also causes rust on Xanthium occidentale and can be used as a form of biological control where this plant is an invasive species.

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