BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

CHENOPODIACEAE (goosefoots, oraches and glassworts)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #webs
Genus Atriplex (oraches) 5 49 18 22
Genus Beta (beets) 4 4   32
Genus Chenopodium (goosefoots) 5 1 10 17
Genus Salicornia (glassworts) 3 17 9 19
Species Salsola kali L. (Saltwort) 1 6 2  
Species Sarcocornia perennis (Miller) A.J.Scott (Perennial Glasswort)       6
Species Spinacia oleracea L. (Spinach)       3
Species Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort. (Annual Sea-blite)   8 4 6
Species Suaeda vera Forsskaol ex J.Gmelin (Shrubby Seablite)   7   5

Suggested Literature

CHENOPODIACEAE 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 CHENOPODIACEAE:

is foodplant of larva Gronops inaequalis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Cassida nebulosa - a tortoise beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pycnidium of coelomycetous anamorph Chaetoplea calvescens - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, blackened) dead, blackened stem is decayed by perithecium Chaetoplea calvescens - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [in blackened areas]
stem stem may contain larva Lixus scabricollis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 2002
tap-root (upper part) tap-root (upper part) is galled by larva Bothynoderes affinis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 2002

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae

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