BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

ROSACEAE (roses and fruit trees)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Genus Acaena (pirri-pirri burs) 2          
Species Acaena magellanica (Lam.) Vahl (a pirri-pirri-bur)           1
Species Acaena novae-zelandiae Kirk (Pirri-pirri-bur)   8 12      
Genus Agrimonia (agrimonies) 2 9 14     12
Genus Alchemilla (lady's-mantles) 8 17       28
Species Amelanchier lamarckii F.-G.Schroeder (Juneberry)           1
Genus Aphanes (parsley pierts) 3          
Aggregate Aphanes arvensis agg. L. (sensu lato) (parsley piert) 2 1 10     1
Species Aruncus dioicus (Walter) Fern. (Buck's-beard)           1
Genus Cotoneaster (cotoneasters) 1 5 6     4
Genus Crataegus (hawthorns) 3 42 20     173
Species Cydonia oblonga Miller (Quince)           6
Species Dryas octopetala L. (Mountain Avens)         3 19
Genus Filipendula (meadowsweets) 2 15 8     100
Genus Fragaria (strawberries) 2 9 14 6   36
Genus Geum (avens) 10 17 9   3 27
Genus Malus (apples) 5         103
Species Mespilus germanica L. (Medlar)           12
Species Photinia serrulata (a stranvaesia)           1
Genus Potentilla (cinquefoils) 12 57 35     67
Genus Prunus (plums and cherries) 16 107 56 3   344
Genus Pyracantha (firethorns)           4
Genus Pyrus (pears) 2         46
Genus Rosa (roses) 26 49 29   3 201
Genus Rubus (brambles) 11 9     2 314
Genus Sanguisorba (burnets) 4 12 10     25
Genus Sorbus (whitebeams) 8 16 29   5 143
Genus Spiraea (brideworts and steeple bushes) 3   11     3

Suggested Literature

ROSACEAE 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 ROSACEAE:

is foodplant of larva Anthonomus rubi - Strawberry Blossom Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Minor Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Gnorimus nobilis - Noble Chafer (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [fruit trees]
may contain larva Rhynchites germanicus - Strawberry Rhynchites (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992 [herbaceous taxa]
may support fruitbody Aleurodiscus aurantius - a basidiomycete (Russulales: Stereaceae) Foreign Eriksson, J., & Ryvarden, L., 1973
cambium of dead twig (below) below cambium of dead twig is mined by larva Magdalis barbicornis - Pear Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002 [woody spp]
fruit fruit is grazed by imago Lucanus cervus - Stag Beetle (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) Jessop, L., 1986
leaf leaf is mined by solitary larva Agromyza potentillae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [linear mine developing into a blotch]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza sulfuriceps - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [linear blotch mine]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Allantus cinctus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Priophorus pallipes - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
trees and shrubs trees and shrubs is associate of imago Rhynchites caeruleus - Apple Twig Cutter, Twig Cutting Weevil (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
twig (cambium) twig (cambium) may contain larva Phytobia carbonaria - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
twig (damp, dead) damp, dead twig is decayed by apothecium Vibrissea leptospora - a discomycete (Helotiales: Vibrisseaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (dead) dead twig is foodplant of Magdalis ruficornis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002 [woody spp]
twig, small branch (dead) dead twig, small branch may contain larva Magdalis cerasi - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 2002 [woody spp]

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
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
Eriksson, J., & Ryvarden, L., 1973 The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium
Jessop, L., 1986 Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae