Definition of Puccinia

1. Noun. Type genus of the Pucciniaceae; a large genus of parasitic fungi including many that are destructive to various economic plants.

Exact synonyms: Genus Puccinia
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Pucciniaceae, Pucciniaceae
Member holonyms: Puccinia Graminis, Wheat Rust

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puccinia

Ptychozoon
Ptychozoon homalocephalum
Pu
Pub.
Pub. L.
Public Health Service
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Public Limited Liability Company
Publius Aelius Hadrianus
Publius Cornelius Scipio
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major
Publius Ovidius Naso
Publius Terentius Afer
Publius Vergilius Maro
Puccini
Puccinia (current term)
Puccinia graminis
Pucciniaceae
Pucikwar
Puck
Pucklike
Pudahuel
Puducherry
Puebla
Puebla de Zaragoza
Pueblan
Pueblans
Puebloan
Puebloans
Pueraria

Literary usage of Puccinia

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

1. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"... and Salsola were related to Puccinia ... not known for any other species of rust, that Puccinia ... which seemed unmistakably related to Puccinia ..."

2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"Later in the spring of 1916 the senior writer found young leaves of Oxalis violacea bearing the primary urediniospores of Puccinia ..."

3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1887)
"Puccinia graminis, Pers. On various Graminées. 30. Puccinia ... Puccinia Helianthi, Sz. On several species of Helianthus. 32. ..."

4. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"Puccinia: OTHER SPECIES Puccinia Helianthi Schw. This ... Puccinia Helianthi (with all spore stages) is distinguished from Puccinia ..."

5. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"Puccinia: OTHER SPECIES Puccinia Helianthi Schw. This ... Puccinia Helianthi (with all spore stages) is distinguished from Puccinia ..."

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