Puccinia

Translingual

Etymology

Named for Tommaso Puccini (d. 1735), Italian doctor and botanist

Proper noun

Puccinia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pucciniaceae – certain rust fungi.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Basidiomycota – phylum; Pucciniomycotina - subphylum; Pucciniomycetes - class; Pucciniales - order; Pucciniineae (syn. Uredinineae) - suborder; Pucciniaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Puccinia graminis - type species

Derived terms

• Austropuccinia
• Pucciniosira
• Pucciniastrum

References

• Puccinia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Puccinia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Puccinia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons