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Aster tripolium L. (Sea-aster)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Aster tripolium Plant 5 September 1970 East Sussex England 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos
Variety Aster tripolium var. discoideus (a sea aster) 19 2
Variety Aster tripolium var. tripolium (Sea Aster) 9  

Suggested Literature

Aster tripolium 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)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Aster tripolium is associated with:

aecium Carex extensa - Long-bracted Sedge (Cyperaceae) aecium parasitises live
pycnium Carex extensa - Long-bracted Sedge (Cyperaceae) pycnium parasitises live

Associated with Aster tripolium:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Golovinomyces cichoracearum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Golovinomyces cichoracearum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Puccinia dioicae var. extensicola - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia dioicae var. extensicola - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
capitulum capitulum is galled by larva Paroxyna plantaginis - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Ensina sonchi - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Paroxyna plantaginis - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland Restricted White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Trupanea stellata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign Questionable White, I.M., 1988
leaf (fading) fading leaf is parasitised by amphigenous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia asteris - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Puccinia cnici-oleracei - Yarrow Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Chromatomyia asteris - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
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 asteris - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear, initially on lower surface but mainly on upper surface]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus brunneus - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus brunneus - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus reichei - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Major Kevan D.K., 1967
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus reichei - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Major Kevan D.K., 1967
Bullock, J.A., 1992
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Colletes halophilus - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Pleospora penicillus - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Ploettnera solidaginis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [initially covered with dark brown area which splits into 2 to 4 lobes]
stem stem may contain larva Melanagromyza tripolii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1976
Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may contain larva Napomyza tripolii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may house puparium Melanagromyza tripolii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1976
Spencer, K.A., 1972

Aster tripolium 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)
Aster
(Michaelmas daisies)

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
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Kevan D.K., 1967 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)
Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Spencer, K.A., 1976 The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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