Bensingtonia ciliata Ingold
(a pucciniomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Bensingtonia ciliata (a pucciniomycete)
Family	AGARICOSTILBACEAE (a family of pucciniomycetes)
Order	AGARICOSTILBALES (an order of pucciniomycetes)
Class	PUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
Subphylum	PUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Bensingtonia ciliata is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Pucciniomycetes)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ingold, C.T.	1988	Further observations on Bensingtonia ciliata	TBMS Vol 91 (1): 162-166.
	Ingold, C.T.	1986	Bensingtonia ciliata gen. et sp.nov., a ballistosporic fungus.	TBMS Vol 86 (2): 325-328.

Bensingtonia ciliata (a pucciniomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bensingtonia ciliata (a pucciniomycete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bensingtonia ciliata (a pucciniomycete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Bensingtonia ciliata is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)