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Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier (Giant Hogweed)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Heracleum mantegazzianum Plant 2 July 2001 Berks England 17 1
Heracleum mantegazzianum Plant 12 May 2001 Berks England 4
Heracleum mantegazzianum Plant 23 August 1978 (Scotland) Scotland 2
Heracleum mantegazzianum Plant 2 July 1977 Surrey England 2

Suggested Literature

Heracleum mantegazzianum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
APIACEAE
(umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Heracleum mantegazzianum:

(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe heraclei - Umbel Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe heraclei - Umbel Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Phaedon tumidulus - Celery Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon tumidulus - Celery Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf leaf is mined by larva Euleia heraclei - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988

Heracleum mantegazzianum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
APIACEAE
(umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae)
Heracleum
(hogweeds)

References

Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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