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Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl (Flixweed)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Descurainia sophia In flower 17 May 2007 West Suffolk England 15

Suggested Literature

Descurainia sophia 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 Descurainia sophia:

(live) live is parasitised by Erysiphe cruciferarum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Foreign Ing, B., 1990
is foodplant of larva Ceutorhynchus pulvinatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Ceutorhynchus rapae - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992

Descurainia sophia may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews

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