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Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L. (Frogbit)

Scarcity (regional) Scarce

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Wilson, P., 2004, Frogbit, British Wildlife, Vol 15, No 4: 243 Frogbit

Hydrocharis morsus-ranae may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
HYDROCHARITACEAE
(waterweeds)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Hydrocharis morsus-ranae:

is foodplant of larva Bagous puncticollis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by embedded sorus Tracya hydrocharidis - Frogbit Smut (Doassansiales: Doassansiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 [causes pale spots]
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Galerucella grisescens - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Galerucella grisescens - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992

Hydrocharis morsus-ranae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
HYDROCHARITACEAE
(waterweeds)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
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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