Castor vs Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust

Ricinus communis compared with Puccinia nemoralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Castor	Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust
Kingdom	Plantae (पादप)	Fungi (फफूंद)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (मैग्नोलियोप्सीडा)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Malpighiales (मालपिग्यालेस)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Pucciniaceae
Genus	Ricinus	Puccinia
Species	Ricinus communis	Puccinia nemoralis

Conservation Status

Castor

NE — Not Evaluated

Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Castor	Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Castor

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (33 countries), Asia (26 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (12 countries).

Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust

Castor

The Castor (Ricinus communis) is a species in the genus Ricinus. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and hi