Belongs within: Pucciniomycotina.
Bensingtonia is a genus of yeasts characterised by the production of ballistoconidia and the presence of the Q-9 ubiquinone.
Agaricostilbaceae [Agaricostilbales, Agaricostilbomycetidae]
|--Bensingtonia Ingold 1986WB03, KC01
| |--*B. ciliataWB03
| `--B. naganoensisWB03
`--+--Kondoa Yamada, Nakagawa & Banno 1989 non Baker 1941 (ICZN)WB03, KC01
| |--+--K. myxariophyllaWB03
| | |--‘Bensingtonia’ phylladaWB03
| | `--‘Bensingtonia’ thailandicaWB03
| `--+--+--‘Bensingtonia’ changbaiensis Wang, Bai et al. 2003WB03
| | `--‘Bensingtonia’ yuccicolaWB03
| `--+--+--K. aeriaWB03
| | `--K. malvinellaWB03
| `--+--‘Bensingtonia’ subroseaWB03
| `--+--‘Bensingtonia’ miscanthiWB03
| `--‘Bensingtonia’ sorbi Wang, Bai et al. 2003WB03
`--+--+--+--‘Sporobolomyces’ dracophylliWB03
| | `--‘Sporobolomyces’ ruberWB03
| `--+--‘Bensingtonia’ sakaguchiiWB03
| `--+--+--‘Bensingtonia’ ingoldiiWB03
| | `--‘Bensingtonia’ musaeWB03
| `--+--Sterigmatomyces Fell 1966WB03, KC01
| | `--S. halophilusWB03
| `--Agaricostilbum Wright 1970WB03, KC01 [incl. Amerobotryum Subram. & Natarajan 1976KC01]
| `--A. hyphaenesWB03
`--+--+--‘Sporobolomyces’ lactophilusWB03
| `--+--‘Sporobolomyces’ sasicolaWB03
| `--+--‘Sporobolomyces’ taupoensisWB03
| `--‘Sporobolomyces’ xanthusWB03
`--+--Kurtzmanomyces Yamada, Itoh et al. 1989WB03, KC01
| `--K. nectaireiWB03
`--ChionosphaeraceaeKC01
|--Fibulostilbum Seifert & Oberw. 1992KC01
|--Stilbum Tode 1790KC01
`--Chionosphaera Cox 1976WB03, KC01
`--C. apobasidialisWB03
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[KC01] Kirk, P. M., P. F. Cannon, J. C. David & J. A. Stalpers. 2001. Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi 9th ed. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).
[WB03] Wang, Q.-M., F.-Y. Bai, J.-H. Zhao & J.-H. Jia. 2003. Bensingtonia changbaiensis sp. nov. and Bensingtonia sorbi sp. nov., novel ballistoconidium-forming yeast species from plant leaves. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53: 2085–2089.