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Brassica rapa L. (Turnip)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #webs
Subspecies Brassica rapa ssp. campestris (L.) Clapham (Wild Turnip) 2
Subspecies Brassica rapa ssp. rapa (Turnip) 2

Suggested Literature

Brassica rapa may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Brassica rapa:

(live) live may be infected and damaged by Leptosphaeria maculans - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Black Leg", "Canker" and "Dry Rot"]
is foodplant of larva Helophorus porculus - Turnip Mud Beetle (Coleoptera: Helophoridae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Helophorus rufipes - Turnip Mud Beetle (Coleoptera: Helophoridae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria brassicae - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva Athalia rosae - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952

Brassica rapa may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae)
Brassica
(cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
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

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