Definition of Melampsora

1. Noun. Rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer.

Exact synonyms: Genus Melampsora
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Melampsoraceae, Melampsoraceae
Member holonyms: Flax Rust, Flax Rust Fungus, Melampsora Lini

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melampsora

Meissner's plexus
Meissner effect
Meister Eckhart
Meitner
Mejico
Mekcase
Mekhitarist
Mekhitarists
Mekong
Mekong River
Mel
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
Mel Gibson
Melampodium
Melampodium leucanthum
Melampsora (current term)
Melampsora lini
Melampsoraceae
Melanchthon
Melanerpes
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Melanesia
Melanesian
Melanesians
Melanie
Melanie Klein
Melanitta
Melanitta nigra
Melanochroi
Melanogrammus

Literary usage of Melampsora

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"Up to the present time, six Old-World species of Melampsora upon Euphorbia have been recognized, these being M. ..."

2. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"It would seem that this name would now include at least three forms, or species, as distinguished by Klebahn, viz., Melampsora ..."

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