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Syringa vulgaris L. (Lilac)

Suggested Literature

Syringa vulgaris 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 Syringa vulgaris:

Photos (dead) dead is decayed by fruitbody Phellinus pomaceus - Cushion Bracket (Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae) Questionable Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprotrophic]
Photos (live) live is parasitised by fruitbody Phellinus pomaceus - Cushion Bracket (Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae) Questionable Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [weakly parasitic then saprotrophic]
is foodplant of Otiorhynchus crataegi - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Major Morris, M.G., 1997
is parasitised by Erysiphe syringae - Lilac Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is associate of fruitbody Geastrum fornicatum - Arched Earthstar (Phallales: Geastraceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [in garden]
anther anther is foodplant of adult Orsodacne cerasi - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos branch (dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back) dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back branch is decayed by widely effused stroma Diatrype stigma - Common Tarcrust (Xylariales: Diatrypaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos branch (dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back) dead, decorticate or with bark rolling back branch is decayed by stromatic, immersed perithecium Diatrype stigma - Common Tarcrust (Xylariales: Diatrypaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
bud bud may be infected and damaged by mycelium Phytophthora ramorum - Sudden Oak Death (Causative Organism), Sod (Pythiales: Pythiaceae) UK/Ireland Beales, P.A., Schlenzig, A. & inman, J., 2004
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo vespa - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf may be infected and damaged by mycelium Phytophthora ramorum - Sudden Oak Death (Causative Organism), Sod (Pythiales: Pythiaceae) UK/Ireland Beales, P.A., Schlenzig, A. & inman, J., 2004
Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004 [causes leaf blight]
pollen pollen is foodplant of adult Orsodacne cerasi - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos trunk (dead, standing) dead, standing trunk is decayed by fruitbody Inonotus radiatus - Alder Bracket (Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae) Questionable Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by fruitbody Peniophora cinerea - a resupinate fungus (Russulales: Peniophoraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Syringa vulgaris may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Syringa
(lilacs)

References

Beales, P.A., Schlenzig, A. & inman, J., 2004 First report of Ramorum bud and leaf blight (Phytophthora ramorum) on Syringa vulgaris in the UK
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
Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004 Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death or ramorum leaf blight and dieback
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Morris, M.G., 1997 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)

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