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Geranium sanguineum L. (Bloody Crane’s Bill)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Geranium sanguineum In flower 12 June 2007 West Cornwall England 4

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos
Variety Geranium sanguineum var. sanguineum (a bloody cranesbill) 2

Suggested Literature

Geranium sanguineum may be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Geranium sanguineum:

(live) live is parasitised by Podosphaera fugax - a conidial powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is foodplant of larva Zacladus geranii - Meadow Cranesbill Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
may have adult Cryptocephalus violaceus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia geranii - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round, sometimes confluent, brown spots]
leaf leaf is foodplant of larva Protoemphytus carpini - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Limobius borealis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Major Morris, M.G., 2002
leaves (terminal) leaves (terminal) is galled by Aceria geranii (Tarsonemoidea: Eriophyidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Photos pollen pollen is foodplant of adult Cryptocephalus aureolus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
stem stem is decayed by scattered, erumpent apothecium Pirottaea paupercula - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Geranium sanguineum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Geranium
(true geraniums)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
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
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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