Myrtle Rust infections

December 2, 2010

Current Host List
 
• Acmena sp. (lilly pilly)
• Agonis flexuosa (willow myrtle) ‘Afterdark’, ‘Burgundy’, ‘Jeddas Dream’
• Backhousia citriodora (lemon-scented myrtle)
• Callistemon viminalis (weeping bottlebrush)
• Callistemon salignus (willow bottlebrush)
• Gossia inophloia ‘Aurora’ and ‘Blushing Beauty’ (syn. Austromyrtus inophloia)
• Leptospermum rotundifolium (round leaved tea tree)
• Lophomyrtus x ralphii ‘Red Dragon’ and ‘Black Stallion’
• Melaleuca quinquenervia (broad-leaved paperbark)
• Melaleuca linariifolia ‘Claret tops’
• Metrosideros collina  ‘Tahiti’ and ‘Fiji’
• Rhodamnia rubescens (scrub turpentine)
• Rhodomyrtus psidioides (native guava)
• Syncarpia glomulifera (turpentine)
• Syzygium leumannii x Syzygium wilsonii ‘Cascade’ (lilly pilly)
• Syzygium jambos (rose apple)
• Syzygium australe ‘Meridian Midget’
• Tristania neriifolia (water gum)
• Backhousia myrtifolia (grey myrtle) NEW
• Syzgium luehmannii (small-leaved lilly pilly, riberry) NEW

Myrtle rust, Uredo rangelii, is a fungal disease that can infect plants in the Myrtaceae family.

To report possible suspect infections – 1800 084 881

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