Puccinia punctiformis (F. Strauss) Röhl.
(Creeping Thistle Rust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Puccinia punctiformis (Creeping Thistle Rust)
Genus	Puccinia (a genus of rust fungi)
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)

Puccinia punctiformis 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.)

Records of Puccinia punctiformis (Creeping Thistle Rust) :
1: Puccinia punctiformis (Creeping Thistle Rust)
25 May 1974	OSGR: SE33	53° 50’ N, 1° 20’ W	Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64)	England
Pycnia on Creeping Thistle

Puccinia punctiformis (Creeping Thistle Rust) may 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 Puccinia punctiformis (Creeping Thistle Rust)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Puccinia punctiformis (Creeping Thistle Rust)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Puccinia punctiformis is also a member of:

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