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Vicia sativa L. (Common Vetch)

Images etc

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

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Vicia sativa Plant 22 May 1977 North Hampshire England 2
Vicia sativa Plant 6 July 1971 East Sussex England 2
Vicia sativa Plant 24 May 1970 East Norfolk England 1
Vicia sativa Plant 22 May 1970 East Norfolk England 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #webs
Subspecies Vicia sativa ssp. nigra (L.) Ehrh. (Narrow-leaved Vetch) 10 6 5

Suggested Literature

Vicia sativa may be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Vicia sativa:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is foodplant of larva Apion pomonae - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos is parasitised by Erysiphe pisi var. pisi - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous aecium Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) 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 uredium Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf leaf is galled by Megoura viciae - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaflet (yellowed) yellowed leaflet is parasitised by hypophyllous Peronospora viciae - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
seed seed may contain larva Bruchus pisorum - Pea Beetle, Spanish Bean Beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
seed seed may contain larva Bruchus rufipes - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by Peronospora viciae - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Vicia sativa may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
FABACEAE
(vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae)
Vicia
(vetches)

References

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
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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