Hemileia

Hemileia is a genus of rust fungi, now placed in the family Zaghouaniaceae,^[2] but long considered incertae sedis in the order Pucciniales. This genus has a pan-tropical distribution^[3] and includes important crop plant pathogens, such as the causative organism of coffee leaf rust.

Hemileia
Hemileia vastatrix uredinial pustules (bar = 5 mm)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Pucciniomycetes
Order:	Pucciniales
Family:	Zaghouaniaceae
Genus:	Hemileia Berk. & Broome[1]

Species

Species Fungorum^[4] and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:^[3]

1. Hemileia africana (Lagerh.) Judith & Rossman
2. Hemileia alafiae (Cummins & Gopalkr.) Judith & Rossman
3. Hemileia antidesmatis P.Syd. & Syd.
4. Hemileia aureospora J.M.Yen
5. Hemileia buntingii Wakef. & Hansf.
6. Hemileia canthii Berk. & Broome
7. Hemileia chlorocodonis Syd. & P.Syd.
8. Hemileia coffeicola Maubl. & Roger
9. Hemileia cryptostegiae Vienn.-Bourg.
10. Hemileia deightonii Syd.
11. Hemileia detergibile (Thüm.) Ritschel
12. Hemileia dioscoreae-aculeatae (Racib.) P.Syd. & Syd.
13. Hemileia evansii Syd. & P.Syd.
14. Hemileia fadogiae Syd. & P.Syd.
15. Hemileia gardeniae-floridae Sawada
16. Hemileia gardeniae-thunbergiae (Henn.) Maubl. & Roger
17. Hemileia hansfordii Syd.
18. Hemileia harunganae Cummins
19. Hemileia helvola Syd. & P.Syd.
20. Hemileia holarrhenae Syd. & P.Syd.
21. Hemileia holstii (Henn.) P.Syd. & Syd.
22. Hemileia indica Massee
23. Hemileia jasmini C.S.Krishnam. & Rangaswami
24. Hemileia kilimanjarensis (Ritschel) Judith & Rossman
25. Hemileia kumasensis (Cummins) Judith & Rossman
26. Hemileia laurentii (Henn.) P.Syd. & Syd.
27. Hemileia mandevillae Cummins
28. Hemileia mbelensis (Henn.) P.Syd. & Syd.
29. Hemileia meiogynes C.Mohanan
30. Hemileia mildbraedii (Syd. & P.Syd.) P.Syd. & Syd.
31. Hemileia mussaendae Vienn.-Bourg.
32. Hemileia mysorensis Thirum. & Gopalakrishn.
33. Hemileia oxyanthi Cummins
34. Hemileia pavetticola Maubl. & Roger
35. Hemileia phaii (Racib.) P.Syd. & Syd.
36. Hemileia randiicola Thaung
37. Hemileia rauvolfiae J.M.Yen & Gilles
38. Hemileia rhois E.Castell.
39. Hemileia ruspoliae Cummins
40. Hemileia rutideae Cummins
41. Hemileia scheffleri (Syd. & P.Syd.) P.Syd. & Syd.
42. Hemileia scholzii (Henn.) Syd. & P.Syd.
43. Hemileia scitula Syd.
44. Hemileia secamones Wakef. & Hansf.
45. Hemileia smallii Wakef. & Hansf.
46. Hemileia solaninum (Henn.) Judith & Rossman
47. Hemileia sonsensis (Henn.) P.Syd. & Syd.
48. Hemileia strophanthi (Racib.) Racib.
49. Hemileia thomasii Thirum. & Naras.
50. Hemileia vastatrix Berk. & Broome - type species
51. Hemileia wrightiae (Racib.) Racib.
52. Hemileia xanthophylli C.Mohanan

References

1. Berkeley MJ, Broome CE (1869) Syll. Pl. Not. Ratisb.: 1157
2. Aime MC, McTaggart AR (2021) A higher-rank classification for rust fungi, with notes on genera. Fungal Syst. Evol. 7: 21–47. (Published online 2020 Nov 13. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2021.07.02; available at NCBI)
3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Hemileia Berk. & Broome (retrieved 5 December 2023)
4. Species Fungorum (searched 5 December 2023)

External links

• Data related to Hemileia at Wikispecies
• Media related to Hemileia at Wikimedia Commons