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Chaconiaceae

Chaconiaceae
Hemileia vastatrix.jpg
Hemileia vastatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Pucciniales
Family: Chaconiaceae
Cummins & Y.Hirats. (1983)
Type genus
Chaconia
Juel (1897)
Genera

Achrotelium
Aplopsora
Botryorhiza
Ceraceopsora
Chaconia
Goplana
Maravalia
Olivea
Telomapea


Achrotelium
Aplopsora
Botryorhiza
Ceraceopsora
Chaconia
Goplana
Maravalia
Olivea
Telomapea

The Chaconiaceae are a family of rust fungi in the order Pucciniales. The family contains 8 genera and 75 species. Most species have a tropical distribution. Maravalia cryptostegiae has been used with success as a biocontrol agent against rubber vine in Australia.



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