Contributions to the knowledge and distribution of Pucciniales (rust fungi) in three Brazilian biomes Author Junior, Alcindo Da Silva Martins Author Gomes, Paulo Weslem Portal Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Monteiro Lobato St, 255, 13.083 - 862, Campinas, SP, Brazil. Author Sakuragui, Cássia Mônica Department of Botany, Institute of Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Chagas Filho Ave, 373, 21.941 - 902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Author Junior, Aníbal Alves De Carvalho 0000-0002-6176-2039 Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Research Institute, Pacheco Leão St, 915, 22.460 - 030, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. anibal @ jbrj. gov. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6176 - 2039 anibal@jbrj.gov.br text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-12-29 577 1 79 117 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.577.1.4 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.577.1.4 1179-3163 7517579 Puccinia becki Mayer , Mem. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat. 5: 509. 1913 . Type on Vernonia cotoneaster (Willdenow) Lessing Cundinamarca near Crus Verde, Colombia , 15.X.1910 , E. Mayor 32 . (0/Icv,IIpe/III) . SPECIMENS EXAMINED— BRAZIL , RIO DE JANEIRO , Itatiaia, Parque Nacional de Itatiaia, on Asteraceae – Lepidaploa argyrotricha (Sch.Bip. ex Baker) H.Rob., 21.III.2017 , 0,I,II,III, A. Martins Junior & A . A . Carvalho Junior 54/17 ( RB 757192 ); 22. III.2017, 74/17 (RB 757191). DESCRIPTION AND ILLUSTRATION: Hennen et al. (2005) and Salazar-Yepes & Carvalho Jr (2010) .