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Persicaria maculosa Gray (Redshank)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Persicaria maculosa In flower 27 September 2001 Berks England 5 10
Persicaria maculosa Plant 13 August 1997 Berks England 5

Suggested Literature

Persicaria maculosa 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 maculosa:

(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe polygoni - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe polygoni - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is foodplant of larva Rhinoncus bruchoides - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, immersed pycnidium Septoria polygonorum - a leaf-spot fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live, riddled with holes) live, riddled with holes leaf is grazed by adult Gastrophysa polygoni - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live, riddled with holes) live, riddled with holes leaf is grazed by larva Gastrophysa polygoni - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is foodplant of larva Protoemphytus perla - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) UK/Ireland Benson, R.B., 1952 [skeletonises leaf]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Ametastegia equiseti - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Pachynematus albipennis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo mesomelas - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
ovary (live) live ovary may be infected and damaged by sorus Ustilago cordae - a smut fungus (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
ovary (live) live ovary may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus Bauhinus reticulatus - a smut fungus (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
ovary (live) live ovary may be infected and damaged by sorus Sphacelotheca hydropiperis - a ustilaginomycete fungus (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
ovary (live, swollen, deformed) live, swollen, deformed ovary is galled by embedded sorus Bauhinus cordae - a smut fungus (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) UK/Ireland Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Persicaria maculosa 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

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
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
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi

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