Myrtle Rust host list
The following species have been recorded in NSW as being naturally infected with Myrtle rust (Pucinnia psidii sensu lato).
Disease severity is affected by environmental factors including the availability of new growth, humidity and temperature.
Therefore it should be considered that all of these species are susceptible to severe infestation under conducive conditions.
See a list of natural hosts in Queensland and in Victoria for more information.
Field hosts of Myrtle rust recorded in NSW
Current as of: 25 May 2012
| Species | Common name |
|---|---|
| Agonis flexuosa | Willow Myrtle |
| Angophora floribunda | Rough-barked apple |
| Angophora subvelutina | Broad-leaved apple |
| Austromyrtus dulcis | Midgen berry or midyim |
| Backhousia bancroftii | |
| Backhousia citriodora | Lemon myrtle |
| Backhousia enata | |
| Backhousia hughesii | Stone wood, Lime wood |
| Backhousia myrtifolia | Grey myrtle, ironwood |
| Backhousia sciadophora | Shatterwood |
| Backhousia sp. 'Mt. Stuart' | as yet undescribed species |
| Barongia lophandra | |
| Callistemon pachyphyllus (Syn. Melaleuca pachyphylla) | Wallum bottlebrush |
| Callistemon rigidus | Stiff bottlebrush |
| Callistemon salignus (not = Melaleuca saligna) | Willow bottlebrush |
| Callistemon viminalis (Syn. Melaleuca viminalis) | Weeping bottlebrush |
| Chamelaucium uncinatum | Geraldton wax |
| Choricarpia leptopetala | Brown myrtle, rusty turpentine |
| Corymbia citriodora ssp. variegata | Spotted gum |
| Decaspermum humile | Silky myrtle |
| Eucalyptus agglomerata | Blue-leaved stringybark |
| Eucalyptus deanei | Mountain blue gum, round-leaved gum |
| Eucalyptus elata | River peppermint |
| Eucalyptus olida | n/a |
| Eucalyptus pilularis | Blackbutt |
| Eucalyptus robusta | Swamp mahogony |
| Eucalyptus siderophloia | Grey ironbark |
| Eucalyptus tereticornis | Forest red gum |
| Eucalyptus tindaliae | Tindale's stringybark |
| Eugenia reinwardtiana | Beach cherry |
| Gossia acmenoides | Scrub ironwood |
| Gossia fragrantissima | Sweet myrtle |
| Gossia gonoclada | Angle stemmed myrtle |
| Gossia hillii | Scaly myrtle |
| Gossia inophloia (Syn. Austromyrtus inophloia) | Thready barked myrtle |
| Gossia pubiflora | |
| Gossia punctata | Dotted myrtle |
| Homoranthus prolixus | |
| Homoranthus virgatus | |
| Hypocalymma angustifolium | White myrtle |
| Lenwebbia lasioclada | Velvet myrtle |
| Lenwebbia prominens | Southern velvet myrtle |
| Leptospermum brachyandrum | |
| Leptospermum continentale (L. 'horizontalis') | Prickly tea-tree |
| Leptospermum juniperinum | |
| Leptospermum liversidgei (pending final confirmation) | |
| Leptospermum petersonii | Lemon-scented tea tree |
| Leptospermum rotundifolium | round leaf tea-tree |
| Leptospermum spectabile | |
| Leptospermum trinervium | Flaky-barked tea-tree, Slender tea-tree |
| Leptospermum whitei (pending final confirmation) | |
| Lindsayomyrtus racemoides | Daintree penda |
| Lithomyrtus obtusa | |
| Lophomyrtus bullata | |
| Lophomyrtus x ralphii | |
| Lophostemon suaveolens | Swamp mahogony, swamp turpentine |
| Melaleuca alternifolia | Tea tree |
| Melaleuca argentea | Silver-leaved paperbark |
| Melaleuca armillaris | Bracelet honey myrtle |
| Melaleuca biconvexa | biconvex paperbark |
| Melaleuca decora | n/a |
| Melaleuca fluviatilis | Weeping tea tree |
| Melaleuca leucadendra | Broad-leaved paperbark |
| Melaleuca linariifolia | flax-leaved paperbark, Budjur |
| Melaleuca nesophila | Showy honey myrtle |
| Melaleuca nodosa | Prickly-leaved paperbark |
| Melaleuca quinquenervia | Broad-leaved paperbark |
| Melaleuca sieberi | n/a |
| Melaleuca styphelioides | Prickly-leaved tea tree |
| Melaleuca viridiflora (purple flowered form) | Broad-leaved paperbark |
| Metrosideros collina | Fiji Christmas bush |
| Metrosideros excelsa | Pohutukawa |
| Metrosideros kermadecensis | Kermadec pohutukawa |
| Mitrantia bilocularis | Whyanbeel tristania |
| Myrtus communis | Common myrtle |
| Pilidiostigma glabrum | Plum myrtle |
| Pilidiostigma rhytispermum | |
| Pilidiostigma tropicum | |
| Psidium guajava (Syn. P. pomiferum) | Common guava, yellow guava |
| Rhodamnia angustifolia | Narrow-leaved ironwood |
| Rhodamnia arenaria | Cape York Malletwood |
| Rhodamnia argentea | Silver myrtle or malletwood |
| Rhodamnia dumicola | Rib-fruited malletwood |
| Rhodamnia maideniaina | Smooth scrub turpentine |
| Rhodamnia pauciovulata | Small-leaved |
| Rhodamnia rubescens | Scrub turpentine |
| Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa | |
| Rhodomyrtus pervagata | Rusty rhodomyrtus, rusty ironwood |
| Rhodomyrtus psidioides | Native guava |
| Ristantia pachysperma | n/a |
| Ristantia waterhousei | n/a |
| Sphaerantia discolor | Tully penda |
| Stockwellia quadrifida | |
| Syncarpia glomulifera | Turpentine |
| Syzygium alliligneum | |
| Syzygium anisatum (Syn. Anetholea anisata, Backhousia anisata) | Aniseed myrtle |
| Syzygium armstrongii | White bush apple |
| Syzygium australe | Scrub cherry |
| Syzygium bamagense | |
| Syzygium boonjee | |
| Syzygium buettnerianum | |
| Syzygium bungadinnia | |
| Syzygium cormiflorum | |
| Syzygium corynanthum | Sour cherry |
| Syzygium dansiei | |
| Syzygium erythrocalyx | |
| Syzygium erythrodoxum | |
| Syzygium forte ssp. potamophilum | Flaky barked satinash |
| Syzygium glenum | |
| Syzygium graveolens | |
| Syzygium hemilamprum subsp. hemilamprum (Syn. Acmena hemilampra) | Blush satinash |
| Syzygium hodgkinsoniae | Smooth-barked rose apple |
| Syzygium jambos | Rose apple |
| Syzygium kuranda | |
| Syzygium luehmannii | Riberry, small leaved lilly pilly |
| Syzygium maraca | |
| Syzygium megacarpum | |
| Syzygium minutuliflorum | |
| Syzygium moorei | Rose apple |
| Syzygium mulgraveanum (Syn. Waterhousea mulgraveana) | n/a |
| Syzygium oleosum | Blue lilly pilly, Blue cherry |
| Syzygium paniculatum | Brush cherry, Daguba, Magenta cherry |
| Syzygium polyanthum | |
| Syzygium pseudofastigiatum | |
| Syzygium resa (Syn. Acmena resa) | |
| Syzygium rubrimolle | Laura apple |
| Syzygium sayeri | |
| Syzygium smithii (Syn. Acmena smithii) | |
| Syzygium tierneyanum (both red & white fruit forms) | River cherry, bamaga satinash |
| Syzygium trachyphloium | |
| Syzygium unipunctata (Syn. Waterhousea unipunctata) | |
| Syzygium velarum | |
| Syzygium wilsonii | Powder puff lilly pilly |
| Syzygium xerampelinum | Mulgrave satinash |
| Tristania neriifolia | Water gum |
| Tristaniopsis collina | Mountain water gum, hill kanuka |
| Tristaniopsis laurina | Water gum, kanooka, kanuka |
| Ugni molinae | |
| Uromyrtus australis | Peach myrtle |
| Uromyrtus lamingtonensis | |
| Uromyrtus metrosideros | |
| Uromyrtus tenella | |
| Verticordia plumosa x ?Chamelaucium uncinatum hybrid 'Paddys pink' | Verticordia hybrid GW2 (PBR) |
| Xanthostemon chrysanthus | Golden penda |
| Xanthostemon formosus | |
| Xanthostemon graniticus | |
| Xanthostemon oppositifolius | Southern penda |
Australian Scientific Names as per Australian Plant Census and overseas species as per Kew Myrtaceae searchable list.
Note: other authorities recognise some of these species to occur in the following genera Acmena, Acmenosperma, Anetholea and Waterhousea.
This list is a compilation of records of specimens collected from bushland, public parks, nurseries and home gardens.