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Hypericum perforatum L. (Perforate St. John’s-wort)

Images etc

magnified photograph Seeds 500 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Seeds 500 by 400 pixels

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Hypericum perforatum Plant 4 July 1998 Berks England 13
Hypericum perforatum Plant 17 July 1971 East Sussex England 1
Hypericum perforatum Plant 29 July 1970 Surrey England 2

Suggested Literature

Hypericum perforatum 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 Hypericum perforatum:

is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe hyperici - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe hyperici - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
flower (live) live flower is grazed by adult Cryptocephalus moraei - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos flower flower is grazed by adult Chrysolina hyperici - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Major Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by larva (early) Calybites auroguttella - a micro-moth (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) UK/Ireland Major Robbins, R., 1990 [an epidermal corridor, leading to a small lower surface lentiform blotch. The larva then spins two or more leaves into cones and feeds from them.]
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by nocturnal adult Chrysolina varians - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Cryptocephalus moraei - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, caeomoid aecium Melampsora hypericorum - Tutsan Rust (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) UK/Ireland Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal telium Melampsora hypericorum - Tutsan Rust (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) UK/Ireland Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
leaf (live) live leaf are spun by larva (later) Calybites auroguttella - a micro-moth (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) UK/Ireland Major Robbins, R., 1990 [an epidermal corridor, leading to a small lower surface lentiform blotch. The larva then spins two or more leaves into cones and feeds from them.]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Septoria hyperici - a leaf-spot fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes reddish-brown, yellow-bordered spots]
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Chrysolina brunsvicensis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by adult Chrysolina hyperici - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo amoena - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo balteata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by acervulus of Seimatosporium coelomycetous anamorph Seimatosporium hypericinum - a coelomycete (Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (patchily blackened, dead) patchily blackened, dead stem is decayed by subepidermal pseudothecium Keissleriella ocellata - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Hypericum perforatum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Hypericum
(St. John's worts)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
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
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Robbins, R., 1990 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the midlands
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966 British Rust Fungi

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