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 |
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| Agonis flexuosa |
| Angophora floribunda |
| Angophora subvelutina |
| Austromyrtus dulcis |
| Backhousia citriodora |
| Backhousia enata |
| Backhousia hughesii |
| Backhousia myrtifolia |
| Backhousia sciadophora |
| Barongia lophandra |
| Callistemon pachyphyllus (Syn. Melaleuca pachyphylla) |
| Callistemon rigidus |
| Callistemon salignus (not = Melaeuca saligna) |
| Callistemon viminalis (Syn. Melaleuca viminalis) |
| Chamelaucium uncinatum |
| Choricarpia leptopetala |
| Decaspermum humile |
| Eucalyptus agglomerata |
| Eucalyptus deanei |
| Eucalyptus elata |
| Eucalyptus olida |
| Eucalyptus pilularis |
| Eucalyptus siderophloia |
| Eucalyptus tereticornis |
| Eucalyptus tindaliae |
| Eugenia reinwardtiana |
| Gossia acmenoides |
| Gossia fragrantissima |
| Gossia gonoclada |
| Gossia hillii |
| Gossia inophloia |
| Gossia punctata |
| Homoranthus virgatus |
| Lenwebbia lasioclada |
| Lenwebbia prominens |
| Leptospermum petersonii |
| Leptospermum rotundifolium |
| Lindsayomyrtus racemoides |
| Lithomyrtus obtusa |
| Lophomyrtus bullata |
| Lophomyrtus x ralphii |
| Lophostemon suaveolens |
| Melaleuca alternifolia |
| Melaleuca argentea |
| Melaleuca armillaris |
| Melaleuca decora |
| Melaleuca fluviatilis |
| Melaleuca leucadendra |
| Melaleuca linariifolia |
| Melaleuca nesophila |
| Melaleuca nodosa |
| Melaleuca quinquenervia |
| Melaleuca sieberi |
| Melaleuca styphelioides |
| Melaleuca viridiflora (purple flowered form) |
| Metrosideros collina |
| Metrosideros excelsa |
| Metrosideros kermadecensis |
| Mitrantia bilocularis |
| Myrtus communis |
| Pilidiostigma glabrum |
| Pilidiostigma rhytispermum |
| Pilidiostigma tropicum |
| Psidium guajava |
| Rhodamnia angustifolia |
| Rhodamnia arenaria |
| Rhodamnia argentea |
| Rhodamnia dumicola |
| Rhodamnia maideniaina |
| Rhodamnia pauciovulata |
| Rhodamnia rubescens |
| Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa |
| Rhodomyrtus pervagata |
| Rhodomyrtus psidioides |
| Ristantia waterhousei |
| Sphaerantia discolor |
| Stockwellia quadrifida |
| Syncarpia glomulifera |
| Syzygium alliligneum |
| Syzygium anisatum (Syn. Anetholea anisata, Backhousia anisata) |
| Syzygium armstrongii |
| Syzygium australe |
| Syzygium bamagense |
| Syzygium boonjee |
| Syzygium buettnerianum |
| Syzygium bungadinnia |
| Syzygium cormiflorum |
| Syzygium corynanthum |
| Syzygium dansiei |
| Syzygium erythrocalyx |
| Syzygium forte ssp. potamophilum |
| Syzygium glenum |
| Syzygium graveolens |
| Syzygium hemilamprum subsp. hemilamprum (Syn. Acmena hemilampra) |
| Syzygium hodgkinsoniae |
| Syzygium jambos |
| Syzygium luehmannii |
| Syzygium luehmannii x S. wilsonii |
| Syzygium maraca |
| Syzygium megacarpum |
| Syzygium minutuliflorum |
| Syzygium moorei |
| Syzygium mulgraveanum (Syn. Waterhousea mulgraveana) |
| Syzygium oleosum |
| Syzygium paniculatum |
| Syzygium polyanthum |
| Syzygium pseudofastigiatum |
| Syzygium resa (Syn. Acmena resa) |
| Syzygium rubrimolle |
| Syzygium sayeri |
| Syzygium smithii (Syn. Acmena smithii) |
| Syzygium tierneyanum (both red & white fruit forms) |
| Syzygium trachyphloium |
| Syzygium unipunctata (Syn. Waterhouse aunipunctata) |
| Syzygium velarum |
| Syzygium wilsonii |
| Syzygium xerampelinum |
| Tristania neriifolia |
| Tristaniopsis collina |
| Ugni molinae |
| Uromyrtus australis |
| Uromyrtus lamingtonensis |
| Uromyrtus tenella |
| Xanthostemon chrysanthus |
| Xanthostemon formosus |
| Xanthostemon graniticus |
| Xanthostemon oppositifolius |