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Smyrnium olusatrum L. (Alexanders)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Smyrnium olusatrum In flower 17 March 2008 East Cornwall England 8
Smyrnium olusatrum In flower 19 April 2007 Berks England 1
Smyrnium olusatrum In fruit 28 June 2006 East Sussex England 1
Smyrnium olusatrum plant, foliage, flowers 11 March 2000 Dorset England 8
Smyrnium olusatrum seeds 10 August 1999 South Devon England 2
Smyrnium olusatrum cauline leaf, umbel, leaf texture and margin, pollen 3 May 1999 Berks England 10 10
Smyrnium olusatrum unripe fruit - close-up 9 June 1975 East Sussex England 1
Smyrnium olusatrum flowers 13 April 1975 East Sussex England 1
Smyrnium olusatrum plants 30 May 1970 West Norfolk England 1

Suggested Literature

Smyrnium olusatrum 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 Smyrnium olusatrum:

(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe heraclei - Umbel Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe heraclei - Umbel Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Photos (live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia smyrnii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon tumidulus - Celery Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
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 parasitised by amphigenous aecium Puccinia smyrnii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous telium Puccinia smyrnii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale yellow spots]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Euleia heraclei - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
root root is foodplant of larva Liophloeus tessulatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Urceolella crispula - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph Stachybotrys dichroa - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [usually about soil level while stem is still standing, more widespread when laying on ground]

Smyrnium olusatrum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
APIACEAE
(umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae)
Smyrnium
(alexanders)

References

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
Morris, M.G., 1997 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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