描述了采自新疆哈密叉子圆柏Sabina vulgaris上的胶锈菌属一新种,即天山胶锈菌Gymnosporangium tianschanicum.此种因产生夏孢子阶段和单胞冬孢子(少量混生于夏孢子堆中)而不同于胶锈菌属的其它已知种.
Gymnosporangium tianschanicum sp. nov. on Sabina vulgaris from Hami, Xinjiang Autonomous Region in northwest of China is described. The species is quite easily recognized by the presence of uredinial stage, and the unicellular teliospores occasionally intermixed with urediniospores in the uredinia.