Puccinia thaliae Dietel on Canna sp. Panama, Chiriqui Province, Volcan, 8°46.421'N, 82°38.271'W, 25 Nov. 2004, leg. J.R. Hernandez 2004-097, II-III (BPI 864132). On Calathea sp. Panama, Veraguas Province, Los Ruices, 08°12.152'N, 81°30.521'W, 24 Nov. 2004, leg. J.R. Hernandez 2004-091, III. Panama, Chiriqui Province, Quebrada Cermeno, 08°29.997'N, 82°26.266'W, 28 Nov. 2004, leg. J.R. Hernandez 2004-141, II-III. P. thaliae is widespread in the Americas as well as in Africa and Asia, reported on species in the Marantaceae and Cannaceae (Farr et al. 2004; Hernandez et al. 2005a, b). It has been reported from Panama on Calathea sp. (Kern 1938)asPuccinia cannae Henn. This is the firstreportof P. thaliae on Canna sp. from Panama.

Published as part of Hernandez, J. R., Piepenbring, M. & Rios, M. B. V., 2007, A new species, Dicheirinia panamensis, and new records of rust fungi from Panama., pp. 81-91 in Mycol Progress 6 on page 90