BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Subfamily	ASTEROIDEAE (“daisies”)	141
Tribe	Anthemideae (a tribe of composites)	37	157	58		2	294
Tribe	Astereae (a tribe of composites)	43	99	78		3	126
Tribe	Calenduleae (marigolds)	4					15
Tribe	Eupatorieae (hemp agrimonies)	1	15				44
Species	Gerbera jamesonii (a daisy)						1
Tribe	Heliantheae (a tribe of composites)	13	15	31		1	31
Tribe	Inuleae (a tribe of composites)	15	34	49	2	3	50
Tribe	Senecioneae (a tribe of composites)	27	163	78	3	2	198
Species	Cenia turbinata (a garden plant)						1
Species	Emilia coccinea (Tasselflower)						3
Species	Emilia sonchifolia (Cupid's Shaving Brush)						3
Subfamily	LACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)	103
Tribe	Cardueae (“thistles”)	54	257	56		3	601
Tribe	Lactuceae (“dandelions”)	49	194	128	8	11	419

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Sell, P. & Murrell, G., 2005

Flora of Great Britain and Ireland 4: Campanulaceae to Asteraceae

ASTERACEAE may also 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 ASTERACEAE:

(live)	live is parasitised by subepidermal telium	Coleosporium tussilaginis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Coleosporiaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
(live)	live is parasitised by uredium	Coleosporium tussilaginis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Coleosporiaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	is foodplant of adult	Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	may have adult	Cryptocephalus violaceus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007
flower	flower may have adult	Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007 [yellow flowered]
flowering	flowering is grazed by adult	Smaragdina affinis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf-mine (end of)	leaf-mine (end of) may house puparium	Chromatomyia horticola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf-mine	leaf-mine may house puparium	Calycomyza humeralis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [firmly glued to leaf by mass of black frass]
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Orthochaetes setiger - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Calycomyza humeralis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [small whitish blotch mine]
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Chromatomyia horticola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear, whitish, both upper and lower surface]
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Chromatomyia syngenesiae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear, whitish, both upper and lower surface]
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Liriomyza strigata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine follows midrib with short offshoots along lateral veins]
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Longitarsus luridus - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf	leaf is grazed by adult	Longitarsus luridus - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf	leaf is grazed by adult	Longitarsus succineus - Chrysanthemum Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Kevan D.K., 1967
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Longitarsus succineus - Chrysanthemum Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Kevan D.K., 1967
pollen	pollen is foodplant of adult	Cryptocephalus aureolus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007 Bullock, J.A., 1992 [yellow-flowered species]
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Andrena denticulata - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Andrena fulvago - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Andrena humilis - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Andrena nitidiusculus - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Andrena polita - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Andrena rosae - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Panurgus banksianus - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Panurgus calcaratus - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Colletes daviesanus - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Colletes fodiens - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Colletes similis - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Dufourea minuta - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Osmia leaiana - a mason bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Dasypoda hirtipes - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Melittidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
root	root is parasitised by underground tuber	Orobanche artemisiae-campestris - Oxtongue Broomrape (Orobanchaceae)	Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
root	root is parasitised by underground tuber	Orobanche minor var. compositarum - a common broomrape (Orobanchaceae)	Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
root	root is parasitised by underground tuber	Orobanche purpurea - Yarrow Broomrape (Orobanchaceae)	Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 [a few other Compositae] Stace, C., 1997
root	root has sap sucked by	Protrama radicis - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1989
root	root has sap sucked by	Trama troglodytes - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1989
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium	Leptosphaeria macrospora - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium	Leptosphaeria ogilviensis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by partly immersed pseudothecium	Leptosphaeria purpurea - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae)	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 immersed pseudothecium	Kalmusia clivensis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium	Pleospora ambigua - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium	Pleospora phaeocomoides - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by apothecium	Hyalopeziza millepunctata - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, blackened)	dead, blackened stem is decayed by immersed perithecium	Diaporthe arctii - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem	stem may contain larva	Napomyza lateralis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem	stem is mined by larva	Ophiomyia curvipalpis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem	stem is mined by larva	Phytoliriomyza arctica - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem	stem may house puparium	Ophiomyia curvipalpis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972

Asteraceae 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
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985	Flora of the British Isles
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
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)
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Macdonald, M.A., in prep.	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Rotheray, G.E., 1989	Aphid Predators
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae
Stace, C., 1997	New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)

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