taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C7F46DF45EFFA1FF506FC858ECFAC1.taxon	description	Figure 1 Uredinia hypophyllous, scattered, yellow-orange, with a chlorotic spot on the upper side of the leaf, tissue around older sori necrotic. Urediniospores globose, ellipsoidal to broadly ellipsoidal, occasionally cylindrical, (20 –) 26 – 33 (– 38) × (13 –) 14 – 21 (– 30) µm (n = 90), cellular content bright yellow, wall 2 – 3 µm thick, hyaline, verrucose, germ pores not seen. Telia not observed. 28 S rDNA sequences from three specimens of C. plumeriae from Benin share 100 % (899 / 902 bp) sequence identity with previously published sequences of C. plumeriae (e. g. MF 769679, McTaggart & Aime 2018). Specimens examined: — Uredinia on Plumeria alba: BENIN. Borgou: N’Dali, elev. 384 m, 9 ° 51 ’ N, 2 ° 42 ’ E, 1 September 2019, A. Tabé, Y. Meswaet, and S. Boni, TA 423 (UNIPAR), GenBank Acc. no. LSU: OL 437020; Atlantique: Abomey-Calavi, elev. 7 m, 6 ° 27 ’ N, 2 ° 20 ’ E, 25 September 2019, A. Tabé and Y. Meswaet, TA 435 (UNIPAR), GenBank Acc. no. LSU: OL 437021. Uredinia on Plumeria rubra: BENIN. Atlantique: Abomey-Calavi, elev. 7 m, 6 ° 27 ’ N, 2 ° 20 ’ E, 24 September 2019, A. Tabé and Y. Meswaet, TA 433 (UNIPAR), GenBank Acc. no. LSU: OL 437022.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45EFFA1FF506FC858ECFAC1.taxon	biology_ecology	Hosts and distribution in Benin: — Uredinia on Plumeria alba L. and P. rubra L. (Apocynaceae), Northern and Southern Benin. Host species: — Primary host species: Plumeria acuminata W. T. Aiton, P. acutifolia Poir., P. alba, P. clusioides Griseb., P. obtusa L., P. pudica Jacq., P. rubra; Apocynaceae (Farr & Rossman 2019). Secondary host species: Pinus sp.; Pinaceae (Traquair & Kokko 1980, Weeraratne & Adikaram 2006).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45EFFA1FF506FC858ECFAC1.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — Africa [Nigeria (Hernández et al. 2005), Benin (this study)], Asia, Central America, North America, Oceania, South America, Caribbean (Farr & Rossman 2020).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45EFFA1FF506FC858ECFAC1.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Coleosporium plumeriae is reported here for the first time for Benin. As the secondary host (Pinus sp.) is not present in Benin, it most likely cycles continuously as urediniospores. The morphological characteristics of the uredinial stage observed for specimens from Benin are identical with those reported for C. plumeriae from other countries (e. g. Chung et al. 2006, Baiswar et al. 2008, Wang et al. 2011).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45CFFA6FF506CAF5F40FBCD.taxon	description	Figure 2 Uredinia amphigenous, individual or in groups, associated with brown lesions surrounded by an orange-yellow halo. Urediniospores broadly ellipsoidal to ellipsoidal, sometimes subglobose, or oblong, (22 –) 23 – 30 × (15 –) 17 – 22 (– 25) µm (n = 30), light brown to hyaline, wall 1 – 2 µm thick, echinulate, germ pores indistinct. Paraphyses curved, (22 –) 28 – 48 (– 57) × (6 –) 8 – 10 (– 12) µm (n = 15), hyaline or brownish yellow, wall smooth, 2 µm thick. Telia not observed. A 28 S rDNA sequence from the specimen of Kweilingia divina from Benin shares 100 % (893 / 894 bp) sequence identity with previously published sequences of K. divina (e. g. MG 907215, Aime et al. 2018). Specimen examined: — Uredinia on Bambusa vulgaris: BENIN. Zou: Zogbodomey, Lokoli river, elev. 50 m, 7 ° 02 ’ N, 2 ° 11 ’ E, 11 August 2017, A. Tabé, M. Piepenbring, participants of Summer School 2017, TA 403 (UNIPAR), GenBank Acc. no. LSU: OL 437023.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45CFFA6FF506CAF5F40FBCD.taxon	biology_ecology	Host and distribution in Benin: — Uredinia on Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J. C. Wendl. (Poaceae), Southern Benin. Host species: — Primary host species: Bambusa spp., Dendrocalamus spp., Gigantochloa apus (Schult. & Schult. f.) Kurz, Guadua latifolia (Bonpl.) Kunth, Ochlandra spp., Oxytenanthera sp., Thyrsostachys spp.; Poaceae. Secondary host species: Randia brandisii (Wight & Arn.) Gamble, R. candolleana Wight & Arn., R. dumetorum (Retz.) Poir., R. uliginosa (Retz.) Poir., Randia sp.; Rubiaceae (Gautam & Avasthi 2018).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45CFFA6FF506CAF5F40FBCD.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — Africa [Ivory Coast (Yen 1976 a), Nigeria (Eboh 1985), Benin (this study)], Asia, Central America, North America, Oceania, South America (Farr & Rossman 2020).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45CFFA6FF506CAF5F40FBCD.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Kweilingia divina on Bambusa vulgaris is reported here for the first time for Benin. The morphological characteristics observed for specimens from Benin are identical with those reported for K. divina from other countries (e. g. Eboh 1985, Blomquist et al. 2009, Gautam & Avasthi 2018).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45BFFA7FF506D5B581FFC83.taxon	description	(For further synonyms see Aime & McTaggert 2020.) Uredinia hypophyllous, subepidermal, erumpent, powdery, paraphysate, associated with orange to dark brown chlorotic spots on the upper side of the leaves. Urediniospores subglobose to broadly ellipsoidal, occasionally globose, (19 –) 20 – 24 (– 30) × 17 – 19 (– 21) µm (n = 90), mostly hyaline, yellow-orange, walls echinulate or covered by granular ornamentation, 1.5 – 2 µm thick, germ pores not seen. Paraphyses cylindrical and more or less irregularly curved, 20 – 42 × 8 – 12 µm, wall up to 4 µm thick, up to 5 µm thick at the apex, hyaline, smooth. Telia not observed. Several attempts to isolate 28 S and ITS rDNA sequences from the specimens of N. tectonae from Benin were unsuccessful. Specimens examined: — Uredinia on Tectona grandis: BENIN. Zou: Zogbodomey, Lama forest, elev. 47 m, 7 ° 03 ’ N, 2 ° 10 ’ E, 11 August 2017, A. Tabé, M. Piepenbring, and participants of Summer School 2017, TA 404 (UNIPAR); Borgou: Parakou, Nima, elev. 363 m, 9 ° 21 ’ N, 2 ° 38 ’ E, 22 November 2017, A. Tabé, TA 412 (UNIPAR).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45BFFA7FF506D5B581FFC83.taxon	biology_ecology	Host and distribution in Benin: — Uredinia on Tectona grandis (Lamiacae), Central and Southern Benin. Host species: — Primary host species: Tectona grandis, Tectona spp.; Lamiaceae (Yun 2020). Secondary host species: not known.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45BFFA7FF506D5B581FFC83.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — Africa [Ivory Coast (Koffi et al. 2018), Benin (this study)], Asia, Central America, Oceania, Southern America, Caribbean (Farr & Rossman 2020).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45BFFA7FF506D5B581FFC83.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Neoolivea tectonae is reported for the first time for Benin and for the second time for Africa. The morphological characteristics observed for specimens from Benin are identical with those reported for N. tectonae from other countries (e. g. Daly et al. 2006, Cabral et al. 2010).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45AFFA4FF506A6E5847FE62.taxon	description	Figure 4. Uredinia hypophyllous, erumpent, individual or in groups, yellow-orange, associated with angular, necrotic spots on the upper side of the leaves, urediniospores surrounded by paraphyses. Urediniospores ellipsoidal to broadly ellipsoidal, sometimes globular, (18 –) 19 – 23 (– 26) × 14 – 17 (– 20) µm (n = 30), densely and finely echinulate, spines approx. 1 µm high, pale yellow to hyaline, wall 1 – 2 µm thick, germ pores not observed. Paraphyses cylindrical, straight or sometimes curved, 24 – 60 × 8 – 16 µm (n = 15), wall light brown, 2 – 4 µm thick, sometimes thicker at the apex, smooth. Telia not observed. A 28 S rDNA sequence obtained from the specimen from Benin presents 99 % (896 / 901) sequence identity with previously published sequences of N. tropicalis (e. g. LC 534274, Ono et al. 2020). Specimen examined: — Uredinia on Vitis sp. cult.: BENIN. Borgou: Parakou, Atagara, Songhaï center, elev. 372 m, 9 ° 41 ’ N, 2 ° 69 ’ E, 2 August 2017, M. Piepenbring and participants of Summer School 2017, MP 5348 (UNIPAR), GenBank Acc. no. LSU: OL 437024.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45AFFA4FF506A6E5847FE62.taxon	biology_ecology	Host and distribution in Benin: — Uredinia on Vitis sp. cult. (Vitaceae), Central Benin. Host species: — Primary host species: cultivars derived from Vitis vinifera L. and V. labrusca L.; Vitaceae. Secondary host species: not known (Ono et al. 2020).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45AFFA4FF506A6E5847FE62.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — Africa [Benin (this study)], Asia, Oceania, Central America, North America, Southern America (Ono et al. 2020).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF45AFFA4FF506A6E5847FE62.taxon	discussion	Comments: — N. tropicalis is reported here for the first time for Benin and for the first time for Africa. Characteristics of the specimens from Benin were compared to those described for N. meliosmae-myrianthae (Henn. & Shirai) Jing X. Ji & Kakish. (Hennen et al. 2005; Ono et al. 2012), N. montana (Y. Ono & Chatasiri) Jing X. Ji & Kakish. (Ono et al. 2012), and N. tropicalis (Ono et al. 2020) from other countries. According to Ono et al. (2020), the longest paraphyses of N. tropicalis are shorter (23 – 67 µm) than those of N. meliosmae-myrianthae (19 – 79 µm) and N. montana (22 – 80 μm), and the walls of the paraphyses are only up to 4 µm thick in N. tropicalis in contrast to values of 5 µm and higher in the other two species. These characteristics indicate that the specimen found in Benin represents N. tropicalis. They are, however, rather difficult to assess.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF459FFA5FF506B0E5988FE0F.taxon	description	Figure 5 Uredinia amphigenous, more abundant on the lower side of leaves, subepidermal, covered by the host epidermis when young, 0.5 – 1 mm diam., surrounded by chlorotic spot, green to yellowish spots on the upper side, first orange-brown, later brown. Urediniospores broadly ellipsoidal to ellipsoidal, (20 –) 24 – 28 (– 34) × (17 –) 19 – 23 (– 26) µm (n = 120), brown, wall 1 – 3 µm thick, echinulate, spines 1 – 2 µm long, 1 – 4 equatorial germ pores, pedicels up to 27 µm long. Telia not observed. Two 28 S rDNA sequences from two specimens of P. arachidis from Benin were obtained which together cover 633 base positions and differ at two base positions (similarity 631 / 633, i. e., 100 %). They differ from previously published sequences of other rust fungi by 4 % or 6 % respectively. Barcode sequence data of P. arachidis are not available for comparison; they are published here for the first time. Specimens examined: — Uredinia on Arachis hypogaea: BENIN. Atlantique: Allada, Sékou, elev. 19 m, 6 ° 37 ’ N, 2 ° 14 ’ E, 15 August 2017, A. Tabé and Y. Meswaet, TA 405 (UNIPAR); Donga: Djougou, Pabégou, elev. 445 m, 9 ° 42 ’ N, 1 ° 39 ’ E, 11 September 2017, A. Tabé and Y. Meswaet, TA 408 (UNIPAR), Acc. no. LSU: OL 437025; Borgou: Parakou, Nima, elev. 376 m, 9 ° 20 ’ N, 2 ° 36 ’ E, 22 November 2018, A. Tabé, TA 413 (UNIPAR), GenBank Acc. no. LSU: OL 437026; Borgou: Parakou, Barrière, elev. 376 m, 9 ° 20 ’ N, 2 ° 36 ’ E, 27 August 2019, A. Tabé and Y. Meswaet, TA 420 (UNIPAR).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF459FFA5FF506B0E5988FE0F.taxon	biology_ecology	Host and distribution in Benin: — Uredinia on Arachis hypogaea L. (Fabaceae), Northern and Southern Benin. Host species: — Primary host species: Arachis glabrata Benth., A. hypogaea, A. nambyquarae Hoehne, A. prostrata Benth., Arachis sp.; Fabaceae (Farr & Rossman 2019). Secondary host species: not known.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF459FFA5FF506B0E5988FE0F.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — Africa [Ivory Coast (Savary et al. 1988), Mauritius (Orieux & Felix 1968), Nigeria (Eboh 1981), Southern Africa (Crous et al. 2000), Tanzania (Ebbels & Allen 1979) Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Subrahmanyam et al. 1985)], Asia, Central America, North America, Oceania, Southern America, Caribbean (Farr & Rossman 2020).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF459FFA5FF506B0E5988FE0F.taxon	discussion	Comments: — This is the second report of this rust for Benin. The morphological characteristics observed for specimens from Benin are identical with Puccinia arachidis as described from the other countries (e. g. Subrahmanyam et al. 1985, Hennen et al. 2005, Anco & Wang 2017).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF458FFABFF50689A58BCFDDA.taxon	description	Figures 6 – 7 Replaced synonym: Puccinia canaliculata var. tenuis Doidge, Bothalia 4: 900 (1948). Type: On Cyperus esculentus L., SOUTH AFRICA. Brits, Hartbeespoort, (no date), F. M. du Toit 33120 (type probably in PREM, n. v., not available upon request). [non Puccinia tenuis (Schwein.) Burrill 1884]	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF458FFABFF50689A58BCFDDA.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — Honouring Ethel Mary Doidge, who noticed that this taxon is distinct from typical Puccinia canaliculata. Uredinia amphigenous, more abundant on the abaxial side of the leaves, elongated, parallel to the veins of the leaves, first subepidermal, later erumpent, orange-brown, containing only urediniospores or sometimes mixed with teliospores. Urediniospores broadly ellipsoidal, globose, or pyriform, (22 –) 24 – 28 (– 30) × (16 –) 18 – 22 (– 24) µm (n = 33), yellow to pale yellow, finely echinulate, golden brown, wall 2 µm thick, with 2 equatorial germ pores, pedicels hyaline, mostly 60 – 70 µm long. Urediniospores easily break off the pedicels, so urediniospores with pedicels attached to them are rarely observed. After the liberation of numerous urediniospores, a uredinium presents a ‘ cushion’ formed by disused pedicels. Telia abaxial, elongated between veins of the leaves, usually 0.5 – 1 mm long, rarely up to 2 mm, approximately 200 µm broad, subepidermal, black, with teliospores in locules, delimited by pseudoparaphyses evident in transverse sections observed by light microscopy. Pseudoparaphyses densely packed, more or less curved, 50 – 80 µm long and 1 – 3 µm broad, slightly enlarged (up to 5 µm) at the tips, light brown. Teliospores clavate, not or slightly constricted at the septa, apex acuminate or rounded, two-celled, (40 –) 43 – 55 (– 70) × (12 –) 13 – 16 (– 17) µm (n = 20), yellowish brown, more strongly pigmented towards the tips, wall 1 – 1.5 µm thick at the sides, 6 – 7 (– 9) µm thick at the apex, pedicels reddish brown, pigmentation darker than at the tips of the teliospores, up to 45 µm long (n = 10). Sequence data of the 28 S ribosomal DNA indicate that P. canaliculata var. tenuis is not conspecific with other specimens of P. canaliculata (Fig. 8). Therefore and because of morphological differences (see below), we propose to raise the variety to species rank. As the name at the new rank, Puccinia tenuis, is occupied by the name P. tenuis (Schwein.) Burrill, we propose to replace it by the new name P. doidgeae.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF458FFABFF50689A58BCFDDA.taxon	biology_ecology	Host and distribution in Benin: — Uredinia and telia on Cyperus esculentus (Cyperaceae), Northwestern Benin. Specimen examined: — Uredinia and telia on Cyperus esculentus: BENIN. Atacora: Boukoumbé, Koutatiégou village, Koussogou hamlet, elev. 234 m, 10 ° 11 ’ N, 1 ° 05 ’ E, 15 September 2019, M. Piepenbring, M. U. Schmidt, and participants of the symposium 2019, MP 5444 (= TA 430) (UNIPAR), GenBank Acc. no. LSU: OL 437033, ITS: OL 437018. Specimens examined for comparison: — Puccinia canaliculata (Schwein.) Lagerh. on Cyperus rotundus L.: BENIN. Borgou: Parakou, around Campus of the University of Parakou, elev. 356 m, 9 ° 20 ’ N, 2 ° 38 ’ E, 15 September 2019, A. Tabé, Y. Meswaet, R. Dramani, TA 427 (UNIPAR), GenBank Acc. no. LSU: OL 437027. On the same host plant with spikelets of different colour, at the same locality, elev. 356 m, 9 ° 20 ’ N, 2 ° 38 ’ E, 15 September 2019, A. Tabé, Y. Meswaet, R. Dramani, TA 436 (UNIPAR), GenBank Acc. no. LSU: OL 437028, ITS: OL 437017. These two specimens only present uredinia and were identified as P. canaliculata based on molecular sequence data (Fig. 8). Host species of P. doidgeae: — Primary host species: Cyperus esculentus, Cyperus sp. (Cyperaceae) (Doidge 1948, Viennot-Bourgin 1959). Secondary host species: not known.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF458FFABFF50689A58BCFDDA.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — Africa [Guinea (Viennot-Bourgin 1959), South Africa (Doidge 1948)]. This species has not been reported outside Africa and is reported here for the first time for Benin. Specimens of P. doidgeae probably have been identified as P. canaliculata in the past.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF458FFABFF50689A58BCFDDA.taxon	discussion	Comments: — According to the key for the identification of species of Puccinia infecting Cyperus spp. (Kern 1919), the specimen from Benin represents P. canaliculata, due to urediniospores with two equatorial germ pores and walls uniformly 1 – 2 µm thick. In addition, P. canaliculata differs from P. cyperi Arthur by the presence of loculate telia, that have also been referred to as telia with stroma. The specimen from Benin, however, differs from P. canaliculata by slenderer teliospores (13 – 16 µm wide) versus 15 – 21 µm (Kern 1919) and 14 – 22 µm (Barreto & Evans 1995) for typical teliospores of P. canaliculata. Based on this difference, Doidge (1948) established the new variety, P. canaliculata var. tenuis, that was later confirmed by Viennot-Bourgin (1959).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF455FFA9FF5069BA59C8FED7.taxon	description	Figure 9 Uredinia amphigenous, sparse, mostly elongated or oval, 2 – 3 mm long, subepidermal, erumpent. Urediniospores mostly ellipsoidal to oblong or globose, sometimes broadly ellipsoidal, rarely cylindrical, (23 –) 28 – 35 (– 38) × (18 –) 21 – 24 (– 29) µm (n = 120), brown to golden brown, echinulate, spines 1.5 – 2 µm long, wall 1 – 2 µm thick, with 2 or 3 equatorial germ pores. Paraphyses cylindrical, spatula-shaped, or slightly curved, rounded and sometimes thicker at the tip, (33 –) 40 – 52 (– 55) × (5 –) 6 – 9 (– 10) µm (n = 15, width measured in the middle of the paraphyses), hyaline, wall 1 – 2 µm thick. Telia not observed. 28 S rDNA sequences from two specimens of P. polysora collected in Benin share 100 % (897 / 901) sequence identity with a previously published sequence of P. polysora (GU 058024, Dixon et al. 2010). Specimens examined: — Uredinia on Zea mays: BENIN. Borgou: Parakou, Atagara, Songhaï center, elev. 372 m, 9 ° 41 ’ N, 2 ° 69 ’ E, 2 August 2017, A. Tabé, N. S. Yorou, M. Piepenbring, participants of Summer School 2017, TA 401 (UNIPAR); Borgou: Tchaourou, Wari-Maro, elev. 302 m, 9 ° 07 ’ N, 2 ° 07 ’ E, 4 August 2017, A. Tabé, N. S. Yorou, M. Piepenbring, Y. Meswaet, participants of Summer School 2017, TA 402 (UNIPAR), GenBank Acc. no. LSU: OL 437034; Borgou: N’Dali, elev. 179 m, 9 ° 51 ’ N, 2 ° 44 ’ E, 25 August 2017, A. Tabé, Y. Meswaet, TA 406 (UNIPAR); Borgou: Parakou, Nima, elev. 376 m, 9 ° 20 ’ N, 2 ° 36 ’ E, 10 October 2017, A. Tabé, TA 410 (UNIPAR), GenBank acc. no. LSU: OL 437035.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF455FFA9FF5069BA59C8FED7.taxon	biology_ecology	Host and distribution in Benin: — Uredinia on Zea mays L. (Poaceae), Central and Northern Benin. Host species: — Primary host species: Tripsacum australe H. C. Cutler & E. S. Anderson, T. dactyloides L., T. laxum Nash, Tripsacum sp., Zea mays; Poaceae (Crouch & Szabo 2011, Hennen et al. 2005). Secondary host species: not known (Hennen et al. 2005).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF455FFA9FF5069BA59C8FED7.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — Africa [Ivory Coast, Guinea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe (Riley 1956, Kranz 1964 a, b, Peregrine & Siddiqi 1972, Yen 1976 a, Crouch & Szabo 2011), Benin (this study)], Asia, Central America, Europe, North America, Oceania, Southern America, Caribbean (Farr & Rossman 2021).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF455FFA9FF5069BA59C8FED7.taxon	discussion	Comments: — Zea mays can be infected by three species of Pucciniales, common rust (Puccinia sorghi Schwein.), southern rust (P. polysora), and P. purpurea Cooke. The morphological characteristics of the uredinia and uredinial paraphyses of Benin material are identical with those reported for P. polysora from other countries (Huguenin 1959, Pavgi 1972, Hennen et al. 2005, Crouch & Szabo 2011, Ramirez-Cabral et al. 2017, Tsatsia & Jackson 2017). Puccinia polysora is reported for the first time for Benin.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF454FFA9FF50685258E1F792.taxon	description	Figure 10 Uredinia amphigenous, more abundant on the adaxial side, scattered, yellow orange, erumpent, subepidermal, associated with chlorotic yellow-orange spots, spots dark brown in severe infections. Urediniospores ellipsoidal to broadly ellipsoidal or pyriform, rarely globose, (27 –) 30 – 39 (– 45) × (15 –) 19 – 25 (– 28) µm (n = 30), pale yellow to hyaline, spore wall 2 – 3 µm thick, echinulate, germ pores not visible. Telia not observed. A 28 S rDNA sequence of P. thaliae from a specimen from Benin shares 100 % (890 / 892) sequence identity with previously published sequences of P. thaliae (e. g. JX 206994, Padamsee & McKenzie 2012).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF454FFA9FF50685258E1F792.taxon	biology_ecology	Host and distribution in Benin: — Uredinia on Canna indica L. (Cannaceae), Southern Benin. Specimen examined: — Uredinia on Canna indica: BENIN. Atlantique: Allada, Atogon, Niaouli CRA-Sud, elev. 24 m, 6 ° 39 ’ N, 2 ° 09 ’ E, 8 May 2019, A. Tabé, TA 419 (UNIPAR), GenBank Acc. no. LSU: OL 437036. Host species: — Primary host species: Canna coccinea Mill., C. compacta Roscoe, C. edulis Ker Gawl., C. generalis L. H. Bailey, C. glauca L., C. indica, C. patens (Aiton) Roscoe, Canna sp.; Cannaceae. Calathea sp., Ctenanthe sp., Ischnosiphon arouma (Aublet) Körn., I. leucophaeus (Poepp. & Endl.) Körn., I. simplex Huber, Ischnosiphon sp., Maranta arundinacea L., Maranta sp., Thalia dealbata Fraser (Hennen et al. 2005), Stromanthe tonckat (Aubl.) Eichler (Nelson 2013); Marantaceae. Secondary host species: not known (Hennen et al. 2005).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF454FFA9FF50685258E1F792.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — Africa [Uganda (Gjaerum et al. 2003), Nigeria (Eboh 1986), Southern Africa (Van Jaarsveld et al. 2007), Benin (this study)], Asia, Central America, Europe, North America, Oceania, Southern America, Caribbean (Farr & Rossman 2020).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF454FFA9FF50685258E1F792.taxon	discussion	Comments: — The size of the urediniospores is rather variable according to data in diverse publications (Eboh 1986, Hennen et al. 2005, Cedas de Jesus et al. 2018). The size of the urediniospores of the present specimen is similar to sizes reported by Padamsee & McKenzie [2012; (23 –) 26 – 36 (– 43) × 17 – 23 (– 27) μm] and Nelson [2013; 28 – 40 × 20 – 25 μm]. Puccinia thaliae is reported here for the first time for Benin.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF453FFAFFF5069BA5839FEF3.taxon	description	Figure 11	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF453FFAFFF5069BA5839FEF3.taxon	description	Uredinia hypophyllous, scattered, individual or grouped, circular, subepidermal, erumpent, brown. Urediniospores ovoid, ellipsoidal to broadly ellipsoidal, or reniform, (18 –) 22 – 26 (– 27) × (15 –) 16 – 18 (– 20) µm (n = 30), pale yellow, wall 1 – 2 µm thick, echinulate, with 4 – 5 inconspicuous, more or less equatorial germ pores. Telia not observed. The 28 S rDNA sequence of the specimen of S. acaciae from Benin shares 99.9 % (875 / 876 bp) sequence identity with a sequence deposited as Sphaerophragmium sp. on Albizia sp. (KJ 862350, specimen BRIP 56910 from Australia; McTaggart et al. 2015) as well as 100 % with two specimens deposited in BPI and identified as S. acaciae (BPI 863973 from Puerto Rico; BPI 878100 from Nigeria; C. Aime, unpublished). Here, we publish the first completely annotated LSU rDNA sequence for S. acaciae.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF453FFAFFF5069BA5839FEF3.taxon	biology_ecology	Host and distribution within the studied area: — Uredinia on Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. (Fabaceae), Central Benin.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF453FFAFFF5069BA5839FEF3.taxon	materials_examined	Specimen examined: — Uredinia on Albizia lebbeck: BENIN. Collines: Glazoué, elev. 192 m, 7 ° 58 ’ N, 2 ° 14 ’ E, 22 September 2019, A. Tabé, Y. Meswaet, M. Piepenbring, N. S. Yorou, M. U. Schmidt, TA 432 (UNIPAR), GenBank Acc. no. LSU: OL 437039.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF453FFAFFF5069BA5839FEF3.taxon	discussion	Host species: — Primary host species: Albizia acle (Blanco) Merr., A. coriaria Welw. ex Oliv., A. corniculata (Lour.) Druce, A. falcataria (L.) Fosberg, A. julibrissin Durazz., A. kalkora (Roxb.) Prain, A. lebbeck, A. mollis (Wall.) Boivin, A. myriantha Merr., A. odoratissima (L. f.) Benth., A. procera (Roxb.) Benth., A. saponaria (Lour.) Blume, Albizia sp.; Fabaceae (Farr & Rossman 2021). Secondary host species: not known (Beenken & Berndt 2010).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF453FFAFFF5069BA5839FEF3.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — Africa [Ghana (Wakefield & Hansford 1949), Madagascar (Spaulding 1961), Malawi (Corbett 1964), Mauritius (Spaulding 1961), Nigeria (Eboh 1978), Reunion (Boa & Lenné 1994), Sierra Leone, Somalia (Castellani & Ciferri 1937), Sudan (Tarr 1963), Uganda (Boa & Lenné 1994), Benin (this study)], Asia, North America, Oceania, Southern America, Caribbean (Farr & Rossman 2020).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF453FFAFFF5069BA5839FEF3.taxon	discussion	Comments: — The 28 S rDNA sequence of the specimen on A. lebbeck from Benin indicates that it represents a species of Sphaerophragmium. Three species of Sphaerophragmium are known on Albizia spp., namely S. acaciae (Cooke) Magnus, S. albiziae Lohsomb., Kakish. & Y. Ono, and S. clemensiae Syd. (Lohsomboon et al. 1994). S. acaciae is reported from many countries with warm to hot climate, while S. albiziae and S. clemensiae are only known from East Asia. S. albiziae forms amphigenous uredinia and urediniospores that are longer than those of the specimen from Benin, i. e., 24 – 39 µm (Lohsomboon et al. 1994) vs. 22 – 26 µm (specimen from Benin). The urediniospores of S. clemensiae are as long as those of the present specimen, but they are slenderer than those from Benin (16 – 18 µm) by being 12 – 17 µm wide (Lohsomboon et al. 1994). With a size of (18 –) 22 – 26 (– 27) × (15 –) 16 – 18 (– 20) µm, the urediniospores of the present specimen are within the size range of those of S. acaciae (20 – 33 × 14 – 25 µm; Lohsomboon et al. 1994). Further similarities are the exclusively hypophyllous position of the uredinia and 4 to 5 germ pores on each urediniospore which are however difficult to see. Based on these similarities, the specimen from Benin is identified as S. acaciae and represents the first report for Benin.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF452FFACFF5068BF5B84FD4B.taxon	description	Figure 12 Uredinia amphigenous, mostly hypophyllous, circular or elongated, brownish, erumpent, subepidermal or exposed when the epidermis ruptures. Urediniospores globose or ellipsoidal, sometimes cylindrical or pyriform, (20 –) 16 – 23 (– 30) × (15 –) 18 – 21 (– 23) µm (n = 60), pale yellow to brown, wall 1.5 – 2 µm thick, echinulate to warty, germ pores not seen. Telia hypophyllous, circular, dark brown to black, subepidermal, erumpent. Teliospores uni-cellular, globose, ovoid, ellipsoidal to broadly ellipsoidal, rarely cylindrical or angular, (25 –) 26 – 32 (– 35) × (15 –) 18 – 20 µm (n = 20), yellowish brown to dark brown, wall 2 µm thick, with relatively broad, shallow warts which are scattered or in irregular lines, each teliospore with one germ pore at the apex covered by a hyaline cap that is mostly 2 – 5 (– 7.5) µm long, pedicels hyaline, up to 75 µm long. For specimen TA 431 from Benin two sequences were obtained. The 28 S rDNA sequence (904 bp) shows a similarity of 98 % with U. galegae on Galega officinalis L. (Fabaceae) (DQ 250133, unpublished sequence deposited by C. Aime in 2006). The ITS rDNA sequence (542 bp) shows a similarity of 93 % with U. striolatus which is a microcyclic rust on Euphorbia cyparissias L. (Euphorbiaceae) closely related to species heterocyclic on E. cyparissias and diverse species of Fabaceae (AF 180201, Pfunder et al. 2001). According to these results, U. decoratus is closely related to rust fungi infecting beans, but there are no sequences available for this species until now.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF452FFACFF5068BF5B84FD4B.taxon	biology_ecology	Host and distribution in Benin: — Uredinia and telia on Crotalaria retusa L. (Fabaceae), Central and Northeastern Benin. Specimens examined: — Uredinia and telia on Crotalaria retusa: BENIN. Borgou: Nikki, Sèrékali, elev. 423 m, 9 ° 55 ’ N, 3 ° 02 ’ E, 18 September 2019, A. Tabé, M. Piepenbring, Y. Meswaet, and M. U. Schmidt, TA 431 (UNIPAR), GenBank Acc. no. LSU: OL 437040, ITS: OL 437019; Borgou: Parakou, Nima, elev. 364 m, 9 ° 24 ’ N, 2 ° 41 ’ E, 30 December 2020, A. Tabé, TA 437 (UNIPAR). Known host species: — Primary hosts species: Crotalaria retusa and numerous other species of Crotalaria (Farr & Rossman 2020). Secondary host species: not known.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF452FFACFF5068BF5B84FD4B.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — Africa [Ghana (Leather 1959), Guinea (Kranz 1964 a), Ivory Coast (Yen 1976 b), Nigeria (Lenné 1990), Senegal (Bouhot 1966), Benin (this study)], Asia, Central America, South America (Farr & Rossman 2020).	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
03C7F46DF452FFACFF5068BF5B84FD4B.taxon	discussion	Comments: — In Africa, Crotalaria spp. have been reported as hosts of Uromyces crotalariae (Arthur) J. W. Baxter, U. decoratus, and U. occidentalis Dietel. U. crotalariae is characterized by teliospores that can be 20 – 27 µm long and 27 – 32 µm broad or 24 – 30 × 20 – 27 μm (versus 26 – 32 × 18 – 20 µm in the specimen from Benin) and have verrucose to echinulate ornamentation (Hennen et al. 2005) in contrast to flat warts partly in striae in the present specimen. U. occidentalis was described from Lupinus spp. from the USA (Dietel 1903) and was mentioned once on a species of Crotalaria in Nigeria (Eboh 1978). According to Dietel (1903), U. occidentalis is characterized by densely (not striate) warty teliospores measuring 17 – 26 × 16 – 21 µm (versus 26 – 32 × 18 – 20 µm in the Benin specimen). We consider that the identification proposed by Eboh (1978) is erroneous and that the specimen collected in Nigeria corresponds to U. decoratus, because he described urediniospores similar to those presented here for Benin as well as teliospores with warts partly in striae. The present specimen is identified as U. decoratus based on the presence of teliospores with flat warts partly in lines and sizes similar to those reported for the type (20 – 28 × 14 – 20 µm; Sydow et al. 1907) or approximately 19 – 31 × 14 – 20 µm as measured from diverse specimens by Bouhot (1966). This species is reported here for the first time for Benin.	en	Tabe, Affoussatou, Aime, M. Catherine, Yorou, Nourou Soulemane, Piepenbring, Meike (2022): New records and data on rust fungi (Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) in Benin. Phytotaxa 548 (2): 127-145, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.1
