Puccinia cacao McAlpine , legitimate, scientific
McAlpine, D. (1906), The Rusts of Australia, their Structure, Nature and Classification: 117 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "On leaves and sheaths of Rottboellia compressa L. Victoria—Creswick, Jan., 1893, II. (Robinson), Werribee Gorge, Dec., 1902, II. Killara, March, 1903, II., III. (Robinson). Kergunyah, Dec., 1903, II. (Robinson). Near Melbourne, Nov. and Jan., 1904. Various other localities. Queensland— II. (Bailey17). The Queensland specimen is labelled Puccinia straminis DeBary." [The number 17 after Bailey is a superscript referring to a publication in the bibliography: "Bailey, F.M. Queensland Blight Fungi. Proc. Conf. Austr. Fruit-growers, New Zealand, p. 208. Wellington. 1896".]
AusFungi (2019), AusFungi 21 Jan. 2019: - FungI [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Uredo rottboelliae Dietel legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aecidium manilense Arthur & Cummins legitimate taxonomic synonym: Uredo mira Cummins legitimate