Gymnosporangium R. Hedw. ex DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle, Fl. franç., Edn 3 (Paris) 2: 216 (1805)
Index Fungorum number: IF 16148; Mycobank number: MB 16148
Notes – Gymnosporangium was introduced by Lamarck and de Candolle (1805) with Gymnosporangium fuscum on Juniperus sabina as the type species (Zhao et al. 2020a, b). Species of Gymnosporangium are generally heteroecious and demicyclic, producing the telial stage on plants in Cupressaceae and the spermogonial and aecial stages on plants in Rosaceae (Yun et al. 2009; Shen et al. 2018; Aime and McTaggart 2021). Currently, 153 epithets are listed for Gymnosporangium in Index Fungorum (2024). Recent studies suggest there are around 70 known Gymnosporangium species worldwide (Shen et al. 2018; Zhao et al. 2020a, b; Tao et al. 2020; Wang et al. 2022a).
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