BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Medicago (medicks)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Species Medicago arabica (L.) Hudson (Spotted Medick)   12     7
Species Medicago lupulina L. (Black Medick)   20 14   12
Species Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bertal (a medick)         1
Species Medicago polymorpha L. (Toothed Medick)       1 4
Species Medicago praecox DC. (Early Medick)       2  
Species Medicago sativa L. (Lucerne) 2 1     25

Suggested Literature

Medicago 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 Medicago:

is foodplant of larva Sitona gemellatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Sitona humeralis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Major Morris, M.G., 1997
Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Sitona macularius - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
is foodplant of larva Sitona sulcifrons - Clover Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Tychius junceus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
bud (vegetative bud (vegetative is foodplant of larva Apion pisi - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992 [in late autumn]
bud bud is foodplant of larva Apion filirostre - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992
inflorescence inflorescence is galled by larva Contarinia medicaginis - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza nana - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [a short linear mine which develops into a conspicuous white blotch on the midrib]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Hypera fuscocinerea - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by Hypera meles - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Questionable Morris, M.G., 2002
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Hypera postica - Clover Leaf Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by Hypera punctata - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Questionable Morris, M.G., 2002
root (white, rotting) white, rotting root is decayed by grouped, thinly subiculate perithecium Rosellinia necatrix - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales: Xylariaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
root (white, rotting) white, rotting root is decayed by Dermatophora dematiaceous anamorph Rosellinia necatrix - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales: Xylariaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
root root is foodplant of larva Sitona hispidulus - Clover Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
seed (shrivelled, spore ball-filled) shrivelled, spore ball-filled seed may be infected and damaged by sorus Thecaphora deformans - a seed smut fungus (Ustilaginales: Glomosporiaceae) Foreign Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
shoot shoot is galled by larva Dasineura ignorata (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem stem may contain larva Apion seniculus - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Foreign Questionable Morris, M.G., 1990
stem stem may contain larva Apion tenue - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem stem is parasitised by haustorium Cuscuta campestris - Yellow Dodder (Cuscutaceae) Major Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
FABACEAE
(vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 Flora of the British Isles
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
Morris, M.G., 1997 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls