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Pyrus communis sens. lat. (pear)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #webs
Species Pyrus communis sens. str. L. (Pear) 4

Suggested Literature

Pyrus communis sens. lat. may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Pyrus communis sens. lat.:

is parasitised by Podosphaera leucotricha - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
anther anther is foodplant of adult Orsodacne cerasi - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos branch branch is parasitised by haustorium Viscum album - Mistletoe (Viscaceae) UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
fruit (live) live fruit is galled by aecium Gymnosporangium sabinae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Henderson, D.M., 2004
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
fruit (live) live fruit is galled by pycnium Gymnosporangium sabinae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Henderson, D.M., 2004
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by mainly hypophyllous aecium Gymnosporangium confusum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Henderson, D.M., 2004
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causing thickened brownish spots with yellow margins]
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by pycnium Gymnosporangium confusum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Henderson, D.M., 2004
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by pycnium Gymnosporangium sabinae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Henderson, D.M., 2004
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by hypophyllous aecium Gymnosporangium sabinae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Henderson, D.M., 2004
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (petiole) (live) live leaf (petiole) is galled by pycnium Gymnosporangium sabinae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Henderson, D.M., 2004
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (petiole) (live) live leaf (petiole) is galled by aecium Gymnosporangium sabinae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Henderson, D.M., 2004
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by web-dwelling communal larva Neurotoma saltuum - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Pamphiliidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1951
pollen pollen is foodplant of adult Orsodacne cerasi - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
shoot (decaying) decaying shoot may contain larva Rhynchites caeruleus - Apple Twig Cutter, Twig Cutting Weevil (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
twig (dead) dead twig may contain larva Pogonocherus hispidulus - Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos twig (dead) dead twig may contain larva Pogonocherus hispidus - Lesser Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Major Bullock, J.A., 1992
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by fruitbody Oxyporus populinus - Poplar Bracket (Hymenochaetales: Schizoporaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
wood (live) live wood is parasitised by fruitbody Oxyporus populinus - Poplar Bracket (Hymenochaetales: Schizoporaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic]

Pyrus communis sens. lat. may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ROSACEAE
(roses and fruit trees)
Pyrus
(pears)

References

Benson, R.B., 1951 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)
Briggs, J., 1995 Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Henderson, D.M., 2004 The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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