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 balansae Speg. , Anal Soc. Cient. Argentina 16: 50. 1883 . Type on Araujia sp. , Guarapi , Paraguay , 1880, B. Balansa 2743 (-/-,-III). Figure 6 (U) . SPECIMENS EXAMINED— BRAZIL , SÃO PAULO , Mogi Guaçu , Reserva Biológica de Mogi Guaçu , “Campinhinha” farm, on indetermined Apocynaceae , 20.VI.2017 , III , A. Martins Junior & A.A. Carvalho Junior 245/17 ( RB 757101 ). COMMENTS—This is the first record for the State of S ã o Paulo and the Cerrado biome. This species is usually identified as Puccinia rouliniae Henn. Lindquist (1982) , however, claims that this species and Puccinia balansae Speg. , are synonyms and therefore should prevail the latter name due to the principle of priority recommended in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. DESCRIPTION: Hennen et al. (2005) .