BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Camellia (camellias)

Suggested Literature

Camellia may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ERICACEAE
(heaths and heathers)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Camellia:

corolla (brown blotched) brown blotched corolla may be infected and damaged by mycelium Ciborinia camelliae - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) RHS Gardening For All: http://www.rhs.org.uk/index.asp [infection starts as brown flecks away from edge of petal (wind, rain & frost damage which looks similar starts from edge of petal); ring of white or grey fungus mycelium around base of corolla.]
corolla (fallen) fallen corolla is decayed by sclerotium Ciborinia camelliae - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) RHS Gardening For All: http://www.rhs.org.uk/index.asp
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by fruitbody Exobasidium camelliae - a redleaf fungus (Exobasidiales: Exobasidiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [large fleshy swellings]
leaf leaf may be infected and damaged by mycelium Phytophthora ramorum - Sudden Oak Death (Causative Organism), Sod (Pythiales: Pythiaceae) UK/Ireland Beales, P.A., Brokenshire, T., Barnes, A.V., Barton, V.C. & Hughes, K.J.D., 2004 [causes leaf blight]
Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004
peduncle (live) live peduncle is galled by fruitbody Exobasidium camelliae - a redleaf fungus (Exobasidiales: Exobasidiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [large fleshy swellings]
sepal (live) live sepal is galled by fruitbody Exobasidium camelliae - a redleaf fungus (Exobasidiales: Exobasidiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [large fleshy swellings]
twig twig may be infected and damaged by mycelium Phytophthora ramorum - Sudden Oak Death (Causative Organism), Sod (Pythiales: Pythiaceae) UK/Ireland Beales, P.A., Brokenshire, T., Barnes, A.V., Barton, V.C. & Hughes, K.J.D., 2004 [causes die-back]
Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004

Camellia may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ERICACEAE
(heaths and heathers)

References

RHS Gardening For All: http://www.rhs.org.uk/index.asp RHS Gardening For All
Beales, P.A., Brokenshire, T., Barnes, A.V., Barton, V.C. & Hughes, K.J.D., 2004 First report of Ramorum leaf blight and dieback (Phytophthora ramorum) on Camellia spp. in the UK
Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004 Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death or ramorum leaf blight and dieback
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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