BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

CARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Agrostemma githago L. (Corncockle)		2	2		2
Genus	Arenaria (sandworts)	1
Aggregate	Arenaria serpyllifolia sens. lat. L. (thyme-leaved sandwort)	1	7	15			3
Genus	Cerastium (mouse-ears)	6	31	21			36
Species	Cucubalus baccifer L. (Berry Catchfly)						3
Genus	Dianthus (pinks)	6	2				44
Genus	Gypsophila (gypsophilas)	1					2
Genus	Herniaria (ruptureworts)	2
Species	Herniaria ciliolata Meld. (Fringed Rupturewort)	1	6
Species	Herniaria glabra L. (Smooth Rupturewort)					1
Species	Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh. (Sea Sandwort)		8				2
Genus	Lychnis (a genus of catchflies)	1	3	46	13		7
Genus	Minuartia (sandworts)	1
Species	Minuartia verna (L.) Hiern (Spring Sandwort, Leadwort)		16			1
Species	Moehringia trinervia (L.) Clairv. (Three-nerved Sandwort)		9	16			5
Species	Moenchia erecta (L.) Gaertner, Meyer & Scherb. (Upright Chickweed)						1
Species	Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench (Water Chickweed)		2	2			3
Genus	Petrorhagia (a genus of pinks)					1
Genus	Sagina (pearlworts)	6	28	22			6
Genus	Saponaria (soapworts)	1					2
Genus	Scleranthus (knawels)	1	5	2			1
Genus	Silene (campions and catchflies)	10	72	73		1	71
Species	Spergula arvensis L. (Corn Spurrey)		2				5
Genus	Spergularia (spurreys)	4	33	34			25
Genus	Stellaria (chickweeds)	6	42	30	6	2	38

CARYOPHYLLACEAE may be covered by literature listed under:

Associated with CARYOPHYLLACEAE:

	is foodplant of	Gronops lunatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
flower	flower is grazed by larva	Hypera arator - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002 Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium	Puccinia arenariae - 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	leaf is mined by larva	Liriomyza strigata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine follows midrib with short offshoots along lateral veins]
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Hypera arator - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002 Bullock, J.A., 1992
ovary (live)	live ovary may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus	Haradaea duriaeana - a smut fungus (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

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

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
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae