Additions to the rust fungi of new zealand — vi

Abstract

Eight rust species new to New Zealand are described: Melampsora epitea Thüm. on Salix spp.; Phakopsora apoda (Har. and Pat.) Mains on Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. and Setaria glauca (L.) Beauv.; Puccinia gahniae n.sp. on Gahnia setifolia (A. Rich.) Hook. f; Puccinia muehlenbeckiae (Cke.) Sydow on Homalocladium platycladum (F. Muell.) Bailey; Puccinia oahuensis Ellis and Everh. on Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.: Puccinia obtectella Cummins on Scirpus medianus V. J. Cook; Puccinia oreoboli Cummins on Oreobolus pectinatus Hook. f.; Uromyces phyllodiorum (Berk. and Br.) McAlpine on Acacia mearnsii de Wild. Also, 46 new host records for New Zealand are listed for rust species already present in this country. © 1977 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.