Gymnosporangium clavipes
| Gymnosporangium clavipes | |
|---|---|
 | |
| A cedar-quince rust canker on a hawthorn branch | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Pucciniales |
| Family: | Gymnosporangiaceae |
| Genus: | Gymnosporangium |
| Species: | G. clavipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnosporangium clavipes Cooke & Peck, (1873) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Gymnosporangium germinale F. Kern, (1908) | |
Gymnosporangium clavipes is a plant pathogen, a fungus that causes cedar-quince rust. Similar to Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae and Gymnosporangium globosum, the fungus infects a wide range of Rosaceae, such as apple, hawthorn and quince trees, and also requires an evergreen host such as eastern red cedar or a number of other juniper species to complete its life cycle.[1]
References
- ^ James Schuster, Cedar-Quince Rust. Accessed July 16, 2008.
External links
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