Checklist of rust fungi from Ketmen ridge (southeast of Kazakhstan)

Abstract

The Ketmen ridge has 84 species belonging to class Urediniomycetes. The class is represented by 11 genera from 6 families. The largest genera are Puccinia (48 species) and Uromyces (12 species). The following species are widely distributed in the territory: Gymnosporangium fusisporum on Cotoneaster spp., Puccinia chrysanthemi on Artemisia spp. and Puccinia menthae on Mentha spp. Rust fungi attack 134 species of host plants.

Diversity of rust fungi on woody and shrubby vegetation of the Zailiysky Alatau

“…In addition, rust fungi prefer habitats with humid conditions, which are typical in these zones. Due to low temperatures and high insolation subalpine and alpine belts are not ideal neither for the growth Comparing distribution of recorded rust fungi with previous literary data [ [14][15][16][17][18], it should be noted that the greatest similarity was observed between the species composition of rust fungi on trees and shrubs of Zailiysky Alatau and Ketmen ridge [18] (Table 3). Some species are common to both ranges.…”

“…Representatives of the genera Pucciniastrum and Tranzschelia are characteristic only of the Zailiysky Alatau. Chatkal and Kurama ridges [15] Inner Tian Shan [16,17] Ketmen [18] Chrysomyxa 2 2 -1 1 Int. j. biol.…”