BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. (Ribbed Melilot)
Suggested Literature
Melilotus officinalis may be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
PLANTAE (plants) |
SPERMATOPHYTA (vascular plants) |
MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with Melilotus officinalis:
| (live) | live is parasitised by | Peronospora meliloti - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | ||
| (live) | live is parasitised by conidial anamorph | Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) | 
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Ing, B., 1990 | |
| (live) | live is parasitised by cleistothecium | Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) |
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Ing, B., 1990 | |
| is foodplant of larva | Sitona cylindricollis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) | 
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Morris, M.G., 1997 | ||
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may have adult | Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) | Cox, M.L., 2007 | ||
| stem | stem may contain larva | Apion meliloti - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) |
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Morris, M.G., 1990 |
Melilotus officinalis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
FABACEAE (vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae) |
Melilotus (melilots) |
References
| 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 |
| Morris, M.G., 1990 | Orthocerous Weevils |
| Morris, M.G., 1997 | Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae) |
