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Lapsana communis L. (Nipplewort)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Lapsana communis	Plant	27 July 2002	Berks	England		4
Lapsana communis	Plant	25 August 2001	Berks	England	1
Lapsana communis	Plant	14 July 2001	Berks	England	4
Lapsana communis	In fruit	14 July 2001	Berks	England		7
Lapsana communis	Plant	20 May 2001	Berks	England	3

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Subspecies	Lapsana communis ssp. communis (Nipplewort)	3

Suggested Literature

Lapsana communis may be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Lapsana communis:

	(live)	live is parasitised by	Podosphaera fusca - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae)		Ing, B., 1990 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	(live)	live is parasitised by pycnium	Puccinia lapsanae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	(live)	live is spotted by aecium	Puccinia lapsanae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes purple spots]
	leaf (base of midrib)	leaf (base of midrib) may house puparium	Ophiomyia cunctata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1976 Spencer, K.A., 1972 [white mine along midrib with offshoots into leaf blade]
	leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph	Ramularia lapsanae - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale, irregular spots which are inconspicuous at first but later spread over a large area]
	leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium	Puccinia lapsanae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium	Puccinia lapsanae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf (midrib, lamina)	leaf (midrib, lamina) is mined by larva	Ophiomyia cunctata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1976 Spencer, K.A., 1972
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Liriomyza eupatorii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [linear mine commencing with conspicuous spiral]
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Liriomyza strigata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine follows midrib with short offshoots along lateral veins]
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Phytomyza marginella - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine both upper and lower surface, long, linear, conspicuously broad]
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Trypeta immaculata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)		White, I.M., 1988
	stem (live)	live stem is parasitised by telium	Puccinia lapsanae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	stem	stem is mined by larva	Ophiomyia heringi - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
	stem	stem may house puparium	Ophiomyia heringi - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972

Lapsana communis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References