BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Taraxacum Wigg. (dandelions)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Taraxacum	Plant	28 April 2001	Dorset	England	1
Taraxacum	Plant	16 April 2000	Berks	England	1

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Aggregate	Taraxacum officinale agg. sensu lato (dandelion)	9	2	21
Aggregate	Taraxacum palustre agg. (a dandelion)			3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Taraxacum may also be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Taraxacum:

		is foodplant of	Gliocanus pilosellus - a beetle (Coleoptera)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
		is foodplant of	Gliocanus punctiger - a beetle (Coleoptera)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
		may have adult	Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Cox, M.L., 2007
	leaf (base of midrib)	leaf (base of midrib) may house puparium	Ophiomyia cunctata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
	leaf (blade)	leaf (blade) is galled by larva	Cystiphora taraxaci - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	leaf (live)	live leaf is mined by larva	Ophiomyia nasuta - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Gibbs, D., 2006
	leaf (margin)	leaf (margin) is galled by	Vasates rigidus		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	leaf (midrib)	leaf (midrib) is galled by larva	Phanacis taraxaci - a gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	leaf (midrib)	leaf (midrib) is galled by	Protomyces pachydermus - an ascomycete (Taphrinales: Protomycetaceae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	leaf (midrib, lamina)	leaf (midrib, lamina) is mined by larva	Ophiomyia beckeri - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [white mine along midrib with offshoots into leaf blade]
	leaf (midrib, lamina)	leaf (midrib, lamina) is mined by larva	Ophiomyia cunctata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [white mine along midrib with offshoots into leaf blade]
	leaf (midrib, lamina)	leaf (midrib, lamina) is mined by larva	Ophiomyia pulicaria - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [white mine along midrib with short offshoots into leaf blade]
	leaf (petiole at base)	leaf (petiole at base) may house puparium	Ophiomyia pulicaria - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
	leaf (petiole)	leaf (petiole) is galled by	Protomyces pachydermus - an ascomycete (Taphrinales: Protomycetaceae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	leaf base (live)	live leaf base may house puparium	Ophiomyia nasuta - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Gibbs, D., 2006
	leaf	leaf is galled by	Synchytrium taraxaci - a chytridiomycete fungus (Chytridiales: Synchytriaceae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Chromatomyia syngenesiae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear, whitish, both upper and lower surface]
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Liriomyza strigata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine follows midrib with short offshoots along lateral veins]
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Liriomyza taraxaci - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [small irregular blotch mine]
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Phytomyza marginella - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine both upper and lower surface, long, linear, conspicuously broad]
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Trypeta immaculata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)		White, I.M., 1988
	peduncle	peduncle is galled by larva	Phanacis taraxaci - a gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986

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

References