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Issue: Vol. 347 No. 3: 17 April 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-04-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.347.3.4
Page range: 235–242
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

Coleopuccinia in China and its relationship to Gymnosporangium

The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Museum of Beijing Forestry University, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
phylogeny rust systematics taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

The rust species Coleopuccinia sinensis was collected during an investigation of rust fungi in Tibet, a region in south-western China. Through morphological examination, we clarified that C. kunmingensis is a synonym of C. sinensis. Phylogenetic analyses using the combined loci of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and the partial large subunit (LSU) rRNA gene revealed that Coleopuccinia should be treated as a separate genus from Gymnosporangium.