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Euphorbia amygdaloides L. (Wood Spurge)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Euphorbia amygdaloides In flower 19 April 2007 Berks England 2
Euphorbia amygdaloides Non-flowering 10 February 2002 Berks England 7

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos
Subspecies Euphorbia amygdaloides ssp. amygdaloides (a spurge) 2

Suggested Literature

Euphorbia amygdaloides may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Euphorbia
(spurges)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Euphorbia amygdaloides:

(live) live may be infected and damaged by pynium Endophyllum euphorbiae-silvaticae - Wood Spurge Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is parasitised by Peronospora cyparissiae - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos is parasitised by Podosphaera euphorbiae - Spurge Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
flower flower may have adult Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Melampsora euphorbiae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) 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 amphigenous telium Melampsora euphorbiae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Minor 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 may be infected and damaged by aecidiod, mostly hypophyllous telium Endophyllum euphorbiae-silvaticae - Wood Spurge Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes long shoots with narrow, pale leaves]
leaf leaf is mined by often communal larva Liriomyza pascuum - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [conspicuous blotch with greenish-diffused frass]
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed apothecium Naeviopsis tithymalina - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [overlying tissue splitting into 4 pale brown lobes]
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Hyalopeziza niveocincta - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by subepidermal conidioma of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Phomopsis euphorbiae - a coelomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [surrounding tissues stained blackish brown]
Photos stem (live) live stem is parasitised by telium Melampsora euphorbiae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Euphorbia amygdaloides may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Euphorbia
(spurges)

References

Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
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
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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