BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertner (Milk Thistle)
Suggested Literature
Silybum marianum may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with Silybum marianum:
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(live) | live is parasitised by | Golovinomyces cichoracearum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) | 
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Ing, B., 1990 |
| (live) | live is parasitised by telium | Puccinia mariana - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | ||
| (live) | live is parasitised by uredium | Puccinia mariana - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | ||
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capitulum | capitulum may contain larva | Acanthiophilus helianthi - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) |
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White, I.M., 1988 |
| leaf (upper surface) (windowed) | windowed leaf (upper surface) is grazed by larva | Lema cyanella - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) | Cox, M.L., 2007 [larvae dorsally carry a cover of excrement] | ||
| leaf | leaf is grazed by adult | Lema cyanella - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) | Cox, M.L., 2007 |
Silybum marianum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae) |
References
| Cox, M.L., 2007 | Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland |
| 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 |
| White, I.M., 1988 | Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) |
