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Pastinaca sativa L. (Wild Parsnip)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Pastinaca sativa Plant 27 July 2000 Berks England 8

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #webs
Subspecies Pastinaca sativa ssp. sativa (a wild parsnip) 2    
Variety Pastinaca sativa ssp. sativa var. hortensis Gaudin (Parsnip)     3
Variety Pastinaca sativa ssp. sativa var. sylvestris (Miller) DC. (Wild Parsnip)   1 1

Suggested Literature

Pastinaca 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)
APIACEAE
(umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Pastinaca sativa:

(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe heraclei - Umbel Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe heraclei - Umbel Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
fruit fruit is foodplant of conidioma of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Phomopsis diachenii - a coelomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon tumidulus - Celery Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Phaedon tumidulus - Celery Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous colony Plasmopara crustosa - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by scattered or in small groups, main hypophyllous, immersed conidioma of Phyllochora coelomycetous anamorph Phyllachora heraclei - an ascomycete (Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mycelium Itersonilia pastinacae - an anamorphic basidiomycete (Filobasidiales: Filobasidiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia pastinacae - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes whitish or pale brown, often dark-borderd spots 1-6mm diam.]
Photos leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza spondylii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear, white]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Euleia heraclei - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
leaf leaf is grazed by Hypera pastinacae - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 2002
root (live) live root is swollen by mycelium Itersonilia pastinacae - an anamorphic basidiomycete (Filobasidiales: Filobasidiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes a canker]
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph Chromelosporium ochraceum - an anamorphic fungus (Pezizales: Pezizaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial colony of Sarcopodium dematiaceous anamorph Sarcopodium circinatum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, decorticate, overwintered, patchily greyish) dead, decorticate, overwintered, patchily greyish stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Pyrenopeziza pastinacae - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (hollow) hollow stem may house ovum Melanagromyza angeliciphaga - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Minor Spencer, K.A., 1976
stem stem is foodplant of conidioma of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Phomopsis diachenii - a coelomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem may contain larva Melanagromyza angeliciphaga - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Minor Spencer, K.A., 1976
Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may contain larva Melanagromyza sativae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may house puparium Melanagromyza angeliciphaga - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Minor Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may house puparium Melanagromyza sativae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
APIACEAE
(umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae)

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
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Spencer, K.A., 1976 The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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