Gymnosporangium R. Hedw. ex DC.
(juniper rust)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Gymnosporangium asiaticum Japanese Pear Rust	Species		1 ident. refs
Gymnosporangium clavariiforme European Hawthorn Rust, Tongues Of Fire	Species	24 images	2 ident. refs
Gymnosporangium confusum a rust fungus	Species	14 images	3 ident. refs
Gymnosporangium cornutum Mountain Ash Rust, Rowan Crown	Species	37 images
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae American Apple Rust	Species		1 ident. refs
Gymnosporangium sabinae European Pear Rust	Species	47 images	1 ident. refs
Gymnosporangium (unidentified) Unidentified Gymnosporangium Rust Fungi	Unidentified	1 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Gymnosporangium (juniper rust)
Family	PUCCINIACEAE (a family of rust fungi)
Order	PUCCINIALES (rust fungi)
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)

Gymnosporangium 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
	Brand, B. & G. & Shattock, R.	2006	Sorting out Gymnosporangium species - the aecial stage	Field Mycology Vol 7(4): 123-127.

Gymnosporangium (juniper rust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PUCCINIALES
(rust fungi)

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 Gymnosporangium (juniper rust)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 156 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gymnosporangium (juniper rust)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Gymnosporangium is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)