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Cynara scolymus L. (Globe Artichoke)

Suggested Literature

Cynara scolymus 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)
Cardueae
(“thistles”)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Cynara scolymus:

is parasitised by Oidiopsis anamorph Leveillula taurica - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is parasitised by cleistothecium Leveillula taurica - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos capitulum capitulum may contain larva Acanthiophilus helianthi - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by Bremia lactucae - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Ramularia anamorph Ramularia cynarae - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round or irregular grey spots with dark brown margins]
root root is foodplant of larva Cheilosia vulpina - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993

Cynara scolymus 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)
Cynara
(cardoons, globe artichokes)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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