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Hieracium (hawkweeds)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Hieracium maculatum Smith (a hawkweed)	2			1
Species	Hieracium neocoracinum Pugsley (Craig Cerrig-gleisiad Hawkweed)			1
Species	Hieracium radyrense (Pugsley) Sell & C.West (a hawkweed)			1
Aggregate	Hieracium sect. Hieracium (a group of hawkweeds)	5	21
Aggregate	Hieracium sect. Murorum (a group of hawkweeds)				3
Aggregate	Hieracium sect. Sabauda F.Williams (a group of hawkweeds)				2
Species	Hieracium umbellatum L. (a hawkweed)				10
Species	Hieracium vulgatum Fries (a hawkweed)				8

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Tennant, D. & Rich, T., 2008 (Section Alpinum)

British Alpine Hawkweeds

General Works

Hieracium Study Group: http://www.ibot.cas.cz/hieracium/studygroup

Web Site/Page

Hieracium may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

PLANTAE
(plants)

SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Hieracium:

(live)	live is parasitised by	Golovinomyces cichoracearum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae)	Ing, B., 1990
(live)	live is parasitised by pycnium	Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live)	live is parasitised by uredinoid aecium	Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [on reddish yellow spots]
	is foodplant of	Gliocanus moelleri - a beetle (Coleoptera)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	may have adult	Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007
	may have adult	Cryptocephalus violaceus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007
capitulum	capitulum may contain larva	Paroxyna producta - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)	White, I.M., 1988
flower bud	flower bud is galled by larva	Noeeta pupillata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
flower	flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult	Thecophora - a genus of thick-headed flies (Diptera: Conopidae)	Smith, K.G.V., 1969
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by uredium	Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by embedded sorus	Entyloma hieracii - a smut fungus (Entylomatales: Entylomataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (midrib, lamina)	leaf (midrib, lamina) is mined by larva	Ophiomyia pulicaria - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [white mine along midrib with short offshoots into leaf blade]
leaf (petiole at base)	leaf (petiole at base) may house puparium	Ophiomyia pulicaria - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf	leaf may contain larva	Phytomyza rufescens - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [internal mine, mainly in basal leaves, running along midrib, short lateral off-shoots into leaf-blade]
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Chromatomyia syngenesiae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear, whitish, both upper and lower surface]
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Liriomyza hieracii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [H. vulgatum in UK, other spp in Germany]
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Trypeta immaculata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)	White, I.M., 1988
pollen	pollen is foodplant of adult	Cryptocephalus aureolus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007
stem (live)	live stem is parasitised by uredium	Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live)	live stem is parasitised by telium	Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem	stem is galled by larva	Aulacidea hieracii - a gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986

Hieracium may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

References

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
Smith, K.G.V., 1969	Diptera: Conopidae
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls
White, I.M., 1988	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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