| the biology and taxonomy of rust fungi associated with the neotropical vine mikania micrantha, a major invasive weed in asia. | three microcyclic rust species were collected during surveys of the perennial asteraceous vine mikania micrantha (eupatorieae: asteraceae) throughout its native range in the neotropics but were absent in its invasive range in asia. the commonest species, puccinia spegazzinii with brown telioid telia, occurred wherever m. micrantha was found in south and central america including the caribbean island of trinidad. dietelia portoricensis, with occasional vestigial spermogonia and grayish-white to p ... | 2005 | 16457363 |