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| Puccinia smyrnii | |
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| Puccinia smyrnii (yellow dots) of leaves | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Pucciniales |
| Family: | Pucciniaceae |
| Genus: | Puccinia |
| Species: | P. smyrnii
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| Binomial name | |
| Puccinia smyrnii Bivona-Bernardi 1894 [1]
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Puccinia smyrnii, or alexanders rust, is a fungus species and plant pathogen which causes rust on alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum). It was originally found in Sicily.[3] It is found in Europe and parts of north Africa.[4]