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Sparganium erectum L. (Branched Bur-reed)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Sparganium erectum Plant 7 July 1971 East Sussex England 2

Suggested Literature

Sparganium erectum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
Sparganium
(bur-reeds)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Sparganium erectum:

(sometimes locally discoloured) sometimes locally discoloured is decayed by often numerous, immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora typhoidearum - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is foodplant of larva Telmatophilus brevicollis - a silken fungus beetle (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Telmatophilus caricis - a silken fungus beetle (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Telmatophilus sparganii - a silken fungus beetle (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of Bagous lutosus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Restricted Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992
is associate of cocoon Donacia semicuprea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
may have adult Plateumaris sericea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Major Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (surface) leaf (surface) is grazed by adult Donacia simplex - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Major Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (upper surface) (windowed) windowed leaf (upper surface) is grazed by adult Donacia aquatica - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Donacia bicolora - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf may have adult Donacia marginata - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf may have adult Donacia sparganii - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaves leaves may house larva Donacia marginata - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
pollen? pollen? is foodplant of adult Donacia marginata - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
rhizome rhizome is foodplant of larva Donacia bicolora - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
root root is foodplant of larva Donacia aquatica - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
root root is foodplant of larva Donacia simplex - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
root root is foodplant of larva Plateumaris sericea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
root root may house cocoon Donacia simplex - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
root root may house cocoon Plateumaris sericea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
roots roots may house cocoon Donacia cinerea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Minor Cox, M.L., 2007
roots roots may house subaquatic cocoon Macroplea appendiculata - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
stem stem is foodplant of Erirhinus aethiops - a weevil (Coleoptera: Erirhinidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
stem? stem? may contain larva Thryogenes scirrhosus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Erirhinidae) UK/Ireland Major Morris, M.G., 2002

Sparganium erectum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
Sparganium
(bur-reeds)

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
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae

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