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Ligustrum (privets)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #webs
Species Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk. (Garden Privet)     4
Species Ligustrum vulgare L. (Wild Privet) 7 6 8

Suggested Literature

Ligustrum 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 Ligustrum:

is associate of Lytta vesicatoria - Spanish Fly (Coleoptera: Meloidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is associate of perithecium Nitschkia brevispina - a pyrenomycete (Sordariales: Nitschkiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [associated with other Pyrenomycetes growing on this host]
branch (cortex) (dead) dead branch (cortex) is decayed by immersed, stromatic, in group of 3 to 8 perithecium Valsa cypri - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (cortex) (dead) dead branch (cortex) is decayed by immersed, stromatic, in group of 3 to 8 perithecium Valsa cypri - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by hysterothecium Gloniopsis praelonga - an ascomycete (Hysteriales: Hysteriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by erumpent, in small groups from bark crack apothecium Tympanis ligustri - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph Valsa cypri - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by stroma Valsa cypri - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by stroma Valsa cypri - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph Valsa cypri - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (fallen, dead) fallen, dead branch is decayed by effuse colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph Helminthosporium velutinum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleomassariaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
flower flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Cryptocephalus nitidulus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
inflorescence inflorescence is galled by larva Placochela ligustri - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is galled by Myzus ligustri - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo vespa - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is decayed by mostly epiphyllous, numerous pseudothecium Mycosphaerella ligustri - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by hysterothecium Gloniopsis praelonga - an ascomycete (Hysteriales: Hysteriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by apothecium Perrotia flammea - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (dead, attached) dead, attached twig is decayed by immersed, becoming erumpent conidioma of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Phomopsis brachyceras - a coelomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (fallen, dead) fallen, dead twig is decayed by effuse colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph Helminthosporium velutinum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleomassariaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (thin) (dead) dead twig (thin) is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph Diplodia ligustri - a coelomycete (Dothideales: Botryosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
wood wood is decayed by immersed, often loosely grouped perithecium Diaporthe eres - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [immersed in wood with necks emerging through the bark]
wood wood is decayed by colony of Xylohypha dematiaceous anamorph Xylohypha nigrescens - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
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
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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