Puccinia lateritia Berk.

Hernandez, J. R., Piepenbring, M. & Rios, M. B. V., 2007, A new species, Dicheirinia panamensis, and new records of rust fungi from Panama., Mycol Progress 6, pp. 81-91 : 88

Puccinia lateritia Berk. and M.A. Curtis

on Borreria ocymoides (Burm. f.) DC. Panama, Chiriqui Province, Volcan, 8°47.398TN, 82°40.565'W, 25 Nov. 2004, leg. J.R. Hernandez 2004-102, III (BPI 864194). This specimen confirms the tentative record in Piepenbring et al. (2002).

P. lateritia was reported as tropical and subtropical in the western hemisphere, Africa, and Asia on species in the Rubiaceae (Farr et al. 2004). This is the first report of P. lateritia from Panama.