Genus Melampsora (Noun)
Meaning
Rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The genus Melampsora is commonly known as poplar leaf rust due to its prevalence on poplar trees.
- The cedar-hawthorn rust is caused by a fungus in the genus Gymnosporangium, but some rusts, like those in the genus Melampsora, have sessile one-celled teliospores.
- The genus Melampsora has a significant economic impact on willow and poplar plantations, causing defoliation and reducing growth rates.
- Rusts in the genus Melampsora typically have uredo and telial stages that occur on the same host, unlike some other rust genera.
- The genus Melampsora is classified under the family Melampsoraceae, which includes a number of other rusts with similar characteristics.