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Potamogeton natans L. (Broad-leaved Pondweed)

Suggested Literature

Potamogeton natans may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POTAMOGETONACEAE
(pondweeds)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Potamogeton natans:

is foodplant of Bagous limosus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (floating) floating leaf is spotted by sorus Doassansiopsis hydrophila - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Doassansiopsidaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [especially when pond has dried out]
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by larva Cricotopus brevipalpis - a non-biting midge (Diptera: Chironomidae) Restricted Robbins, R., 1990 [a narrow corridor; initially several mines running out from the midrib. The final mine is usually in a second leaf and may be straight or branched.]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Donacia versicolorea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Donacia versicolorea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992

Potamogeton natans may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POTAMOGETONACEAE
(pondweeds)
Potamogeton
(pondweeds)

References

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
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Robbins, R., 1990 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the midlands

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