Puccinia cnici-oleracei Pers .

on Emilia fosbergii Nicolson. Panama, Cocle Province, Aguadulce, 8°13.227'N, 80°36.558'W, 24 Nov. 2004, leg. J.R. Hernandez 2004- 082, III (BPI 864118). Panama, Veraguas Province, La Pena, 8°9.913'N, 81°5.069'W, 24 Nov. 2004, leg. J.R. Hernandez 2004-087, III (BPI 864119). On Melampodium divaricatum (Rich.) DC. Panama, Cocle Province, Aguadulce, 8°13.227'N, 80°36.558'W, 24 Nov. 2004, leg. J.R. Hernandez 2004-085, III (BPI864124). On Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. Panama, Chiriqui Province, David, El Cabrero, UNACHI, 8°25.947'N, 82°27.045'W, 26 Nov. 2004, leg. J.R. Hernandez 2004-129, III (BPI 864205).

P. cnici-oleracei is widespread in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe on several species in the Asteraceae (Farr et al. 2004; Hernandez et al. 2005a, b). It has been reported from Panama on Neurolaena lobata (L.) R. Br. ex Cass. as Puccinia synendrellae Henn. (Arthur 1916), as P. emiliae Henn. (Standley 1927, 1933), and as P. melampodii Arthur (Jackson 1922). This is the first report of P. cnici-oleracei on E. fosbergii, M. divaricatum, and S. nodiflora from Panama.