BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
LAMIACEAE
(dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs - formerly Labiatae)
Mentha
(mints)
Mentha spicata
(Spear Mint)
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Mentha spicata L. (Spear Mint)

Suggested Literature

Mentha spicata 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 Mentha spicata:

(live) live is parasitised by Erysiphe biocellata - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Phytomyza petoei - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza petoei - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine upper surface, irregularly linear]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza tetrasticha - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine beginning with small spiral, later developing into a greenish blotch, brown when old]
leaf leaf may have puparium Phytomyza petoei - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by uredium Puccinia menthae - Mint Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by telium Puccinia menthae - Mint Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by pycnium Puccinia menthae - Mint Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by aecium Puccinia menthae - Mint Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Mentha spicata may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)		 MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)		 LAMIACEAE
(dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs - formerly Labiatae)		 Mentha
(mints)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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