BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Atriplex (oraches)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #webs
Species Atriplex laciniata L. (Frosted Orache) 5 7  
Species Atriplex littoralis L. (Grass-leaved Orache)     2
Species Atriplex patula L. (Common Orache)     1
Species Atriplex portulacoides L. (Sea Purslane) 19 9 9
Aggregate Atriplex prostrata agg. (a goosefoot)      
Species Atriplex prostrata sens.str. Boucher ex DC. (Spear-leaved Orache) 25 2 5

Suggested Literature

Atriplex 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 Atriplex:

is foodplant of larva Amara convexiuscula - a ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Gronops inaequalis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is galled by Hayhurstia atriplicis - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem stem may contain larva Lixus scabricollis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland 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
Bullock, J.A., 1992

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
CHENOPODIACEAE
(goosefoots, oraches and glassworts)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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