Gymnosporangiaceae

Gymnosporangiaceae

Gymnosporangiaceae

Family of fungi

The Gymnosporangiaceae are a family of rust fungus genera, in the order Pucciniales, based on the type genus Gymnosporangium. The classification of fungal taxa based on only morphological characteristics has long been recognised as problematical, so this order was reviewed over a long term study using three DNA loci (including type species wherever possible) and published in 2021.[2]

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Genera

In their 2021 review, Aime and McTaggart[2] included the following genera:

  1. Gymnosporangium R. Hedw. ex DC
  2. Gymnotelium
  3. probably Peridiopsora

References

  1. [1]
    Zhou P, Cai L 2020) Persoonia 45: 79.
  2. [2]
    Aime MC, McTaggart AR (2021) A higher-rank classification for rust fungi, with notes on genera. Fungal Syst. Evol. 7: 21–47. (Published online 2020 Nov 13. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2021.07.02; available at NCBI)
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