Puccinia heterospora 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 heterospora Berk. and M.A. Curtis

on Hibiscus sp. Panama, Chiriqui Province, David, El Cabrero, UNACHI, 8°25.947TN, 82°27.045'W, 26 Nov. 2004, leg. J.R. Hernandez 2004-130, III (BPI 864206). On Hibiscus sp. Panama, Chiriqui Province, San Felix, side of San Felix river, 8°16.387'N, 81°51.71'W, 29 Nov. 2004, leg. J.R. Hernandez 2004-151, III (BPI 864210).

P. heterospora is cosmopolitan, reported from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania on species in the Malvaceae (Farr et al. 2004). This is the first report of P. heterospora from Panama.