| Hemileia | |
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| Hemileia vastatrix uredinial pustules (bar = 5 mm) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Pucciniales |
| Family: | Zaghouaniaceae |
| Genus: | Hemileia Berk. & Broome |
Hemileia is a genus of rust fungi, now placed in the family Zaghouaniaceae, but long considered incertae sedis in the order Pucciniales. This genus has a pan-tropical distribution and includes important crop plant pathogens, such as the causative organism of coffee leaf rust.
Species
Species Fungorum and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:
- Hemileia africana (Lagerh.) Judith & Rossman
- Hemileia alafiae (Cummins & Gopalkr.) Judith & Rossman
- Hemileia antidesmatis P.Syd. & Syd.
- Hemileia aureospora J.M.Yen
- Hemileia buntingii Wakef. & Hansf.
- Hemileia canthii Berk. & Broome
- Hemileia chlorocodonis Syd. & P.Syd.
- Hemileia coffeicola Maubl. & Roger
- Hemileia cryptostegiae Vienn.-Bourg.
- Hemileia deightonii Syd.
- Hemileia detergibile (Thüm.) Ritschel
- Hemileia dioscoreae-aculeatae (Racib.) P.Syd. & Syd.
- Hemileia evansii Syd. & P.Syd.
- Hemileia fadogiae Syd. & P.Syd.
- Hemileia gardeniae-floridae Sawada
- Hemileia gardeniae-thunbergiae (Henn.) Maubl. & Roger
- Hemileia hansfordii Syd.
- Hemileia harunganae Cummins
- Hemileia helvola Syd. & P.Syd.
- Hemileia holarrhenae Syd. & P.Syd.
- Hemileia holstii (Henn.) P.Syd. & Syd.
- Hemileia indica Massee
- Hemileia jasmini C.S.Krishnam. & Rangaswami
- Hemileia kilimanjarensis (Ritschel) Judith & Rossman
- Hemileia kumasensis (Cummins) Judith & Rossman
- Hemileia laurentii (Henn.) P.Syd. & Syd.
- Hemileia mandevillae Cummins
- Hemileia mbelensis (Henn.) P.Syd. & Syd.
- Hemileia meiogynes C.Mohanan
- Hemileia mildbraedii (Syd. & P.Syd.) P.Syd. & Syd.
- Hemileia mussaendae Vienn.-Bourg.
- Hemileia mysorensis Thirum. & Gopalakrishn.
- Hemileia oxyanthi Cummins
- Hemileia pavetticola Maubl. & Roger
- Hemileia phaii (Racib.) P.Syd. & Syd.
- Hemileia randiicola Thaung
- Hemileia rauvolfiae J.M.Yen & Gilles
- Hemileia rhois E.Castell.
- Hemileia ruspoliae Cummins
- Hemileia rutideae Cummins
- Hemileia scheffleri (Syd. & P.Syd.) P.Syd. & Syd.
- Hemileia scholzii (Henn.) Syd. & P.Syd.
- Hemileia scitula Syd.
- Hemileia secamones Wakef. & Hansf.
- Hemileia smallii Wakef. & Hansf.
- Hemileia solaninum (Henn.) Judith & Rossman
- Hemileia sonsensis (Henn.) P.Syd. & Syd.
- Hemileia strophanthi (Racib.) Racib.
- Hemileia thomasii Thirum. & Naras.
- Hemileia vastatrix Berk. & Broome - type species
- Hemileia wrightiae (Racib.) Racib.
- Hemileia xanthophylli C.Mohanan
References
- Berkeley MJ, Broome CE (1869) Syll. Pl. Not. Ratisb.: 1157
- 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)
- ^ Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Hemileia Berk. & Broome (retrieved 5 December 2023)
- Species Fungorum (searched 5 December 2023)
