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Poa pratensis sens.lat. L. (smooth meadow-grass)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #webs
Species Poa pratensis sens.str. L. (Smooth Meadow-grass) 1

Suggested Literature

Poa pratensis sens.lat. may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)
Poa
(meadow-grasses)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Poa pratensis sens.lat.:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by scattered or in rows uredium Uromyces dactylidis - Celandine Clustercup Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis telium Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, scattered or in patches uredium Puccinia coronata - Crown Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia coronata - Crown Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [sometimes arranged in circles around the uredia]
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by plentiful, in short rows telium Puccinia poarum - Meadow Grass Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by sparse uredium Puccinia poarum - Meadow Grass Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mainly hypophyllous telium Uromyces dactylidis - Celandine Clustercup Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by embedded sorus Urocystis poae - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae) UK/Ireland Questionable Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph Drechslera poae - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes dark, often reddish-brown, elongated spots with centres becoming bleached]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Spermospora anamorph Spermospora poagena - an anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes a leaf spot]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous uredium Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (live, blistered) live, blistered leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus Ustilago striiformis - a stripe smut of grasses (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sheath (live) live sheath is parasitised by uredium Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sheath (live) live sheath is parasitised by linear telium Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
sheath (live) live sheath is parasitised by embedded sorus Urocystis poae - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae) UK/Ireland Questionable Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by uredium Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by linear telium Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola - a black stem rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by sparse uredium Puccinia poarum - Meadow Grass Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by plentiful, in short rows telium Puccinia poarum - Meadow Grass Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem may contain larva Cephus nigrinus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) Benson, R.B., 1951

Poa pratensis sens.lat. may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)
Poa
(meadow-grasses)

References

Benson, R.B., 1951 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi

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