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Valeriana officinalis L. (Common Valerian)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Valeriana officinalis Plant 20 July 1997 Berks England 5

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #webs
Subspecies Valeriana officinalis ssp. collina Nyman (a common valerian)   3
Subspecies Valeriana officinalis ssp. sambucifolia (J.C.Mikan ex Pohl) Hayw. (a common valerian) 16 3

Suggested Literature

Valeriana officinalis may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
VALERIANACEAE
(valerians and corn salads)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Valeriana officinalis:

(live) live is parasitised by Peronospora valerianae - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by plentiful conidial anamorph Erysiphe valerianae - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe valerianae - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces valerianae - Valerian Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces valerianae - Valerian Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is galled by hypophyllous aecium Uromyces valerianae - Valerian Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Uromyces valerianae - Valerian Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia valerianae - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes large greyish spots]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza valerianae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [irregular linear mine]
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Macrophya albicincta - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Minor Liston, A.D., 1987
Benson, R.B., 1952
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed, becoming erumpent conidioma of Chaetospermum coelomycetous anamorph Chaetospermum chaetosporum - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Valeriana officinalis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
VALERIANACEAE
(valerians and corn salads)
Valeriana
(valerians)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Liston, A.D., 1987 Macrophya parvula Konow. (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) new to Britain
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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