| Kingdom: Chromista | 
| Phylum: Oomycota | 
| Class: Oomycetes | 
| Order: Peronosporales | 
| Family: Peronosporaceae | 
| Genus: Plasmopara | 
| Subject: Plasmopara halstedii (Farl.) Berl. & De Toni | 
| Kingdom: Plantae | 
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta | 
| Class: Magnoliopsida | 
| Subclass: Asteridae | 
| Order: Asterales | 
| Family: Asteraceae | 
| Genus: Rudbeckia | 
| Subject: Rudbeckia fulgida Ait. |