Chaconiaceae

The Chaconiaceae are a family of rust fungi in the order Pucciniales. The family contained 8 genera and 75 species in 2008. By 2020, there were 8 genera and 84 species.

Most species have a tropical distribution. Maravalia cryptostegiae has been used with success as a biocontrol agent against rubber vine in Australia.

Genera
As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020;

Note: the genera Achrotelium and Botryorhiza  are now placed in the  Zaghouaniaceae.
 * 1) Ceraceopsora (1)
 * 2) Chaconia (12)
 * 3) Goplana (13)
 * 4) Maravalia (41)
 * 5) Olivea (8)
 * 6) Telomapea (1)