Resumen de New distribution and host records for Puccinia atrofusca and other Notable Puccinia species (UREDINALES) from Central Asia

Andrzej Chlebicki, Catherine Aime

• Several species of Puccinia were recently collected in the Himalayan region of Central Asia from Kazakhstan and Tibet. Puccinia atrofusca (Dudley & C. H. Thomps.) Holw. is reported for the first time from India, in the Ladakh Mountains (West Tibet, Kashmir and Jammu provinces). The first record of a rust pathogenic on Polygonum songoricum Schrenk is recorded for Puccinia nitidula Tranzschel in Tranzschel & Serebrian. in Kazakhstan. Puccinia saxifragae Schltdl. and P. allii (DC.) F. Rudolphi are also newly reported from Kazakhstan. These species are described, illustrated and discussed.