BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

BORAGINACEAE (comfreys and forget-me-nots)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Genus Anchusa (alkanets) 3 12 2     8
Species Asperugo procumbens L. (Madwort)           2
Genus Borago (borages) 1         3
Species Cerinthe glabra (a garden plant)           2
Species Cerinthe major (a garden plant)           2
Genus Cynoglossum (hound's-tongues) 2 19 6     14
Genus Echium (viper's buglosses) 3 19       19
Genus Lithospermum (gromwells) 2 5 8     9
Species Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray (Oysterplant)           2
Genus Myosotis (forget-me-nots) 7 47 51   1 27
Species Pentaglottis sempervirens (L.) Tausch ex L.Bailey (Green Alkanet)   12       3
Genus Pulmonaria (lungworts) 3 19       6
Genus Symphytum (comfreys) 7 19 34 2   36

Suggested Literature

BORAGINACEAE 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 BORAGINACEAE:

(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Golovinomyces cynoglossi - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Golovinomyces cynoglossi - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is foodplant of Mogulones asperifoliarum - a beetle (Coleoptera) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is mined by communal larva Agromyza abiens - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [large blotch which can fill entire leaf]
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus anchusae - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus anchusae - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus nasturtii - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Questionable Kevan D.K., 1967
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus nasturtii - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Questionable Kevan D.K., 1967
Bullock, J.A., 1992

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

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
Kevan D.K., 1967 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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