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Rumex acetosella L. (Sheep's Sorrel [Agg.])

Images etc

magnified photograph Seeds 500 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Seeds 500 by 401 pixels

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Rumex acetosella Plant 20 May 2001 Berks England 3
Rumex acetosella Plant 6 May 2000 Berks England 7

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos
Subspecies Rumex acetosella ssp. acetosella (Wallr.) A.Loeve (Sheep's Sorrel)  
Subspecies Rumex acetosella ssp. acetosella var. tenuifolius Wallr. (Narrow-leaved Sheep's Sorrel) 2

Suggested Literature

Rumex acetosella 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 Rumex acetosella:

(live) live is parasitised by colony Peronospora rumicis - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces acetosae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces acetosae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Uromyces polygoni-avicularis - a rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces polygoni-avicularis - a rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces polygoni-avicularis - a rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Uromyces polygoni-avicularis - a 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
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe polygoni - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe polygoni - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is foodplant of Coniocleonus hollbergi - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Questionable Morris, M.G., 2002
is foodplant of larva Rhinoncus castor - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos is grazed by mobile cased larva Cryptocephalus fulvus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Questionable Major Cox, M.L., 2007
is grazed by adult Cryptocephalus exiguus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
flower (live) live flower may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus Bauhinus kuehneanus - Sheeps Sorrel Smut (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
inflorescence? inflorescence? is galled by larva Apion affine - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by immersed pseudothecium Venturia rumicis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Venturiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes small dark, purplish-brown spots, sometimes with reddish-purple borders]
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Cryptocephalus labiatus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Puccinia acetosae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Rare 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 amphigenous uredium Puccinia acetosae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Rare 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 amphigenous uredium Uromyces acetosae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Rare 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 embedded sorus Bauhinus kuehneanus - Sheeps Sorrel Smut (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia pratensis - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round or oval, pale brown, purple-bordered spots]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by immersed pseudothecium Venturia rumicis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Venturiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes small dark, purplish-brown spots, sometimes with reddish-purple borders]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by aecium Uromyces acetosae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes reddish-purple spots]
leaf (midrib) leaf (midrib) is galled by larva Apion rubens - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (petiole) leaf (petiole) is galled by larva Apion rubens - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Mantura chrysanthemi - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Mantura chrysanthemi - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Ametastegia equiseti - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952
root, rootstock root, rootstock is galled by larva Apion marchicum - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992 [in complex galls]
root root is galled by larva Apion rubiginosum - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
root root may contain larva Apion cruentatum - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Foreign Questionable Morris, M.G., 1990
root root is associate of Kissister minimus - a carrion beetle (Coleoptera: Histeridae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos rootstock rootstock may contain larva Apion haematodes - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Mollisia polygoni var. rumicis - an ascomycete fungus (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Helotium consobrinum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (lower) stem (lower) may contain larva Apion cruentatum - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Foreign Questionable Morris, M.G., 1990
stem (upper part) (live) live stem (upper part) is swollen by embedded sorus Bauhinus kuehneanus - Sheeps Sorrel Smut (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) UK/Ireland Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem may contain larva Apion curtirostre - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992
tepal, fallen fruit tepal of fallen fruit is grazed by mobile cased larva Cryptocephalus exiguus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007 [casings of fallen seeds]

Rumex acetosella may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)
Rumex
(docks)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
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
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi

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