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Medicago arabica (L.) Hudson (Spotted Medick)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Medicago arabica 17 May 2004 South Devon England 11
Medicago arabica Plant 17 July 1971 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Medicago arabica may be covered by literature listed under:

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 Medicago arabica:

(live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces pisi-sativi - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Uromyces pisi-sativi - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by immersed, then erumpent pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta pisi - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes brown spots with pale centres and dark, somewhat prominent margins]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph Cercospora zebrina - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes dark brown spots]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora meliloti - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes whitish or pale buff, brown-bordered spots]
pod (live) live pod is spotted by immersed, then erumpent pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta pisi - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes brown spots with pale centres and dark, somewhat prominent margins]
stem (live) live stem is spotted by immersed, then erumpent pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta pisi - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes brown spots with pale centres and dark, somewhat prominent margins]

Medicago arabica may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
FABACEAE
(vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae)
Medicago
(medicks)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook

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