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Persicaria amphibia (L.) Gray (Amphibious Bistort)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Persicaria amphibia Plant 30 July 1971 South Devon England 2

Suggested Literature

Persicaria amphibia may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)
Persicaria
(knotweeds)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Persicaria amphibia:

(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe polygoni - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe polygoni - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is foodplant of larva Phytobius quadricorniger - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Phytobius quadrinodosus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Rhinoncus albicinctus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Rhinoncus inconspectus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Puccinia polygoni-amphibii var. polygoni-amphibii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Puccinia polygoni-amphibii var. polygoni-amphibii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf leaf is galled by Wachtliella persicariae - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Pyrenopeziza polygoni - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed perithecium Plagiostoma devexum - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (dead, lying in water) dead, lying in water stem is decayed by stalked apothecium Hymenoscyphus scutula - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Questionable

Persicaria amphibia may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)
Persicaria
(knotweeds)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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