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New species, reports, observations and taxonomical changes of southern African rust fungi (Uredinales)

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This work presents research on the diversity of the southern African rust mycobiota (Uredinales). It describes new species, lists new reports and adds new information on several rust fungi. Puccinia cornurediata, Puccinia dioscoreae-mundtii, Puccinia horti-kirstenboschi, Puccinia othonnoides, Puccinia rapipes, Puccinia subindumentana, Uredo otholobii and Uromyces lotononidicola are described as new; Puccinia verwoerdiana is assigned to Puccinia lycii as a synonym, and Uredo lotononi to U. lotononidicola. Comprehensive accounts and keys are presented for Puccinia species on Lycium (Solanaceae), Helichrysum and Othonna (Asteraceae). Puccinia butleri and Uromyces bidenticola are new reports for South Africa, and Puccinia spinulosa is new for Namibia. So far, the latter species has only been known from Madagascar, and P. butleri from the Indian subcontinent. Taxonomical novelties are P. cornurediata R. Berndt; P. dioscoreae-mundtii R. Berndt, A.R. Wood & E. Uhlmann; P. horti-kirstenboschi R. Berndt & E. Uhlmann; P. othonnoides R. Berndt, A.R. Wood & E. Uhlmann; P. rapipes R. Berndt & E. Uhlmann; P. subindumentana R. Berndt; U. otholobii R. Berndt, A.R. Wood & E. Uhlmann and U. lotononidicola R. Berndt

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Acknowledgements

This work was carried out as a part of the “BIOTA-Southern Africa” research project (subproject S03b) within the framework of BIOLOG-Germany. We thank all nature conservation athorities for permissions and support: in South Africa, the Northern Cape Department of Nature and Environmental Conservation and the Western Cape Nature Conservation Board; in Namibia, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, as well as the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development. Many thanks go to all landowners for the permission to work on their land, to the German Ministry of Education and Research for financial support and to the herbaria PREM, PUR, TUB and S for the loan of specimens. We also thank A. Ritschel (Tübingen, Germany) for corrections and suggestions on the manuscript and A.R. Wood (Stellenbosch, South Africa) for rust specimens and discussions.

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  2. Systematic Botany and Mycology, University of Tübingen, Botanical Institute, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany

    Elisabeth Uhlmann

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Berndt, R., Uhlmann, E. New species, reports, observations and taxonomical changes of southern African rust fungi (Uredinales). Mycol Progress 5, 154–177 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-006-0510-0

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