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Arctium (burdocks)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #webs
Species Arctium lappa L. (Greater Burdock)   36 3 25
Species Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh. (Lesser Burdock) 3 15   28
Species Arctium tomentosum Miller (a burdock)       2

Suggested Literature

Arctium may 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)
Cardueae
(“thistles”)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Arctium:

Photos capitulum capitulum is galled by larva Tephritis bardanae - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Dactylosporium dematiaceous anamorph Dactylosporium macropus - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Ophiobolus acuminatus - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by usually immersed pseudothecium Lophiostoma vagabundum - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Pyrenopeziza inornata - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Crocicreas cyathoideum var. cyathoideum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by short-stalked apothecium Pezizella discreta - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Belonidium sulphureum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by stalked apothecium Brunnipila clandestina - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile or subsessile apothecium Calycellina chlorinella - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by gregarious, shortly stalked apothecium Calycina herbarum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Discocistella grevillei - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Lasiobelonium mollissimum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Unguiculella hamulata - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial perithecium Nectria pseudopeziza - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Volutella anamorph Volutella ciliata - an anamorphic fungus (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Cylindrotrichum dematiaceous anamorph Cylindrotrichum oligospermum - a dematiaceous hyphomycete (Sordariales: Chaetosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by fruitbody Exidia nucleata - Crystal Brain (Tremellales: Exidiaceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead, blackened) dead, blackened stem is decayed by immersed perithecium Diaporthe arctii - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody Lachnella villosa - a cyphelloid fungus (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos stem (large) (dead) dead stem (large) is decayed by fruitbody Lachnella alboviolascens - a cyphelloid fungus (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (old, dead) old, dead stem is decayed by apothecium Pyrenopeziza depressuloides - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem may contain larva Apion onopordi - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992

Arctium 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)

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
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., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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