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Puccinia monoica
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Puccinia monoica

Puccinia monoica is a parasitic rust fungus of the genus Puccinia that inhibits flowering in its host plant (usually a Boechera species) and radically transforms host morphology in order to facilitate its own sexual reproduction.

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4 branches of this group, most-observed first

Mustard Flower Rust

speciesPuccinia monoica

Puccinia thlaspeos

speciesPuccinia thlaspeos

Puccinia sp. 'monoica-CA01'

speciesPuccinia sp. 'monoica-CA01'

Puccinia sp. 'CA11'

speciesPuccinia sp. 'CA11'

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1361904.