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Rheum x hybridum (R. palmatum x rhaponticum) Murray (Rhubarb)

Suggested Literature

Rheum x hybridum (R. palmatum x rhaponticum) may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Rheum x hybridum (R. palmatum x rhaponticum):

(live) live is parasitised by Peronospora jaapiana - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia phragmitis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by clustered aecium Puccinia phragmitis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes reddish-purple spots]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Ametastegia glabrata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952

Rheum x hybridum (R. palmatum x rhaponticum) may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)
Rheum
(rhubarbs)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook

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