BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

PLANTAE
(plants)

SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)

Calenduleae
(marigolds)

Calendula
(marigolds, calendulas)

Calendula officinalis
(Pot Marigold)

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Calendula officinalis L. (Pot Marigold)

Suggested Literature

Calendula officinalis 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

Associated with Calendula officinalis:

	(live)	live is parasitised by	Podosphaera fusca - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae)		Ing, B., 1990
	(live)	live is parasitised by	Coleosporium tussilaginis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Coleosporiaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	capitulum	capitulum may contain larva	Trupanea amoena - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)		White, I.M., 1988
	capitulum	capitulum may contain larva	Trupanea stellata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)		White, I.M., 1988
	leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by aecium	Puccinia lagenophorae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Henricot, B. & Denton, G., 2004
	leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by embedded sorus	Entyloma calendulae - Calendula Smut Fungus (Entylomatales: Entylomataceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pallid, then brown leaf spots]
	leaf (live, fading)	live, fading leaf is parasitised by cleistothecium	Podosphaera xanthii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf (live, fading)	live, fading leaf is parasitised by conidial anamorph	Podosphaera xanthii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Calendula officinalis 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)

Calenduleae
(marigolds)

Calendula
(marigolds, calendulas)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Henricot, B. & Denton, G., 2004	First record of the rust Puccinia lagenophorae Cooke on Emilia spp. in the UK
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
White, I.M., 1988	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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