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Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1962 The Rusts of Puerto Rico. Luis A. Roure Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Roure, Luis A., "The Rusts of Puerto Rico." (1962). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 755. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/755 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. This dissertation has been 62-6323 microfilmed exactly as received ROURE, Luis A., 1923- THE RUSTS OF PUERTO RICO. Louisiana State University, Ph.D., 1962 Botany University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan THE RUSTS OF PUERTO RICO A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology by Luis A. Roure B .S ., University of Puerto Rico, 1948 M .S., Louisiana State University, 1951 June, 1962 ACKNOWLEDGMENT The writer wishes to express his sincere gratitude to Dr. Bernard Lowy, under whose direction these studies were conducted, for his assistance and encouragement during the course of the investigations. Thanks and appreciation are also extended to Dr. S. J. P. Chilton for his encouragement. The writer is also grateful to the University of Puerto Rico for sending him to undertake graduate work in the Louisiana State University. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGMENT............................. ii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS................................................. iv ABSTRACT..................................................................................... xv REVIEW OF LITERATURE.......................... 1 A. Previous work on Puerto Rican rusts and their economic importance . ................................ 1 B. Phytogeographical n o t e s ......................................... 24 C. Soil types of Puerto Rico ......................................... 31 D. Elevations on the island . .............................. 39 E. Relationship of rusts to other Basidiomycetes . .................................................. 41 F. Principal ideas on phylogeny ................................ 50 DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES EXAMINED................................... 65 CAMERA LUCIDA DRAWINGS OF SPECIES AND DRAWINGS OF M A PS................................... 154 HOST INDEX.............................................. 197 DEFINITION OF TERMS . 237 BIBLIOGRAPHY........................................ 239 VITA.......................................................... 244 iii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS A. DRAWINGS OF SPORES PLATE Page I. Fig, 1. Anqiopsora phakopsoroides (Arth. & Mains) Mains on Olyra latifolia L ., tellospores ........................ 154 Figs. 2, 3, 4. Anqiopsora zea Mains on Zea mays L., urediospores .................... 154 II. Fig. 5. Coleosporium dominqense (Berk.) Arth. on Plumeria alba L ., urediospores ................. 155 Figs. 6, 7. Coleosporium dominqense (Berk.) Arth. on Plumeria alba L ., te lio s p o r e s .................................... 155 III. Fig. 8. Coleosporium dominqense (Berk.) Arth. on Plumeria kruqii Urban, urediospores .............................. 156 Figs. 9, 10. Coleosporium dominqense (Berk.) Arth. on Plumeria obtusa L. , urediospores .................. 156 Eig. 11. Coleosporium dominqense (Berk.) Arth. on Plumeria rubra L ., urediospores ................................ 156 IV. Figs. 12, 13, 14, 15. Coleosporium elephantopodis (Schw.) Thum. on Elephantopodis mollis H. B. K., urediospores ......................................................................... 157 V. Fig. 16. Coleosporium ipomoeae (Schw.) Bun:, on Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam., urediospores ..................... 158 Fig. 17. Coleosporium ipomoeae (Schw.) Burr, on Ipomoea rubra (Vahl.) M illsp., urediospores ............... 158 Fig. 18. Coleosporium ipomoeae (Schw.) Burr, on Jacquemontia tamnifolia (L.) Gris., urediospores. 158 VI. Fig. 19. Desmella superficialis (Speq.) Svd. on Adiantum cristatum L .. urediospores .............................. 159 iv PLATE Page VII. Fig. 20. Endophvllum circumscriptum (Schw.) Whetz. & Olive on Cissus sicvoides L ., teliospores ..................... 160 Fig. 21. Endophvllum decoloratum (Schw.) Whetz. & Olive on Clibadium erosum (Sw.) DC., teliospores . 160 Fig. 22. Endophvllum decoloratum (Schw.) Whetz. & Olive on Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc., teliospores. ............................................................................. 160 VIII. Figs. 23, 24. Phakopsora jatrophicola (Arth.) Cummins on Tatropha curcas L ., urediospores ............... 161 Fig. 25. Phakopsora j atrophicola (Arth.) Cummins on Tatropha gossypifblia L .. urediospores ........................ 161 Fig. 26. Phakopsora iatrophicola (Arth.) Cummins on Tatropha gossypifolia L ., teliospores . .................. 161 IX. Fig. 27. Puccinia canaliculata (Schw.) Laqh. on Cyperus ferax Rich. u red io sp o re s.................................... 162 Figs. 28, 29. Puccinia cannae (Wint.) P. Henn. on Canna coccinea A it.. urediospores .............................. 162 X. Figs. 30, 31, 32. Puccinia cenchri Diet. & Holw. on Cenchrus echinatus L ., urediospores ........................... 163 XI. Fig. 33. Puccinia chrvsanthemi Roze on Chrysanthemum frutescens L., urediospores .................. 164 Fig. 34. Puccinia dichromenae (Arth.) Jacks, on Dichromena sp ., urediospores .............................. 164 Fig. 35. Puccinia dichromenae (Arth.) Jacks, on Dichromena ciliata Vahl., urediospores ........................... 164 Fig. 36. Puccinia dichromenae (Arth.) Jacks, on Dichromena radicans Schl. & Cham., urediospores. 164 v PIATE Page XII. Fig. 37. Puccinia heliconiae (Diet ) Arth. on Bihai borinquena Griggs, urediospores. ............ 165 Fig. 38. Puccinia heliconiae (Diet.) Arth. on Heliconia sp., teliospores .................................................. 165 XIII. Fig. 39. Puccinia heterospora Berk. & Curt, on Abutilon umbellatum (L.) Sweet., teliospores ...... 166 Figs. 40, 41. Puccinia heterospora Berk. & Curt. on Sida glomerata Cay., mesospores ................................ 166 Fig. 42. Puccinia heterospora Berk. & Curt, on Sida hederaefolia Cay, / mesospores ................................. 166 XIV. Fig. 43. Puccinia heterospora Berk. & Curt, on Sida humilis Cav., mesospores ......................................... 167 Figs. 44, 45. Puccinia heterospora Berk. & Curt. on Sida procumbens Sw., mesospores .............................. 167 Fig. 46. Puccinia heterospora Berk. & Curt, on Sida urens L ., mesospores .................................................. 167 XV. Fig. 47. Puccinia heterospora Berk. & Curt, on Sida urens L ., teliospores. ............................................... 168 Fig. 48. Puccinia heterospora Berk. & Curt, on Wissadula amplissima (L.) R. E. Fries, mesospores. 168 Fig. 49. Puccinia heterospora Berk. & Curt, on Wissadula periplocifolia (L.) Presl., mesospores. 168 Fig .5 0 . Puccinia hyptidis (Curt.) Tracy & Earle on Hyptis capitata Tacq.. urediosppres ........................... 168 XVI. Fig. 51. Puccinia lantanae Farl. on Lantana camara L ., teliospores ................................... 169 Fig .5 2 . Puccinia lantanae Farl. on Lantana camara L ., mesospores ........................................ 169 Fig. 53. Puccinia lantanae Farl. on Lantana involucrata L ., mesospores .................................................. 169 vi Page Fig. 54. Puccinia lantanae Farl. on Lantana involucrata L ., teliospores .......................................... 169 Fig. 55. Puccinia leonotidis (P. Henn.)Arth. on Leonotis nepetaefolia (L.) R. Br., urediospores ............ 170 Fig. 56. Puccinia leonotidis (P. Henn.) Arth. on Leonotis nepetaefolia (L.) R. Br., urediospores ............ 170 Fig. 57. Puccinia leptochloae A. & Fromme on Leptochloa filiformis (Lam.) Beauv., mesospores. 170 Fig. 58. Puccinia leptochloae A. & Fromme on Leptochloa filiformis (Lam.) Beauv., teliospores . 170 Fig. 59. Puccinia leptochloae A. & Fromme on Leptochloa filiformis (Lam.) Beauv., teliospores . 171 Fig. 60. Puccinia levis (Sacc. & Bizz.) Magn. on Manisuris sp .. urediospores ............................................... 171 Fig. 61. Puccinia levis (Sacc. & Bizz.) Magn. on Panicum fasciculatum Swartz . urediospores .................. 171 Fig. 62. Puccinia levis (Sacc. & Bizz.) Magn. on Panicum trichoides Sw., urediospores ........................... 171 Fig. 63. Puccinia levis (S. & B.) Magn. on Paspalum fimbriatum H. B. K., urediospores. ............... 172 Fig. 64. Puccinia levis (Sacc. & Bizz.) Magn. on Paspalum milleqrana Poir., urediospores .................. 172 Fig. 65. Puccinia levis (Sacc. & Bizz.) Magn. on Paspalum schreberianum. urediospores ........................ 172 Fig. 66. Puccinia levis (Sacc. & Bizz.) Magn. on Rytilix qranularis (L.) Skeels, urediospores ............ 172 Fig. 67. Puccinia levis (Sacc. & Bizz.) Magn. on Tricholaena repens (Willd.) Hitchc., urediospores. 173 Fig. 68. Puccinia melampodii Diet. & Holw. on Eleutherantherae ruderalis D iet., teliospores ............... 173 vii PIATE Page Fig. 69. Puccinia melampodii