BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Mercurialis annua L. (Annual Mercury)
| Notes (MWS) | Our UK plant is diploid and dioecious, but recently monoecious plants have been found in Plymouth. These may be the hexaploid form from Portugal or Spain. Thanks to Dave Fenwick for this info. |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercurialis annua | Plant | 27 August 1970 | East Sussex | England | 2 |
Suggested Literature
Mercurialis annua may be covered by literature listed under:
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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 Mercurialis annua:
| leaf (live) | live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph | Cercospora mercurialis - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes whitish or pale brown, often dark-bordered spots] | ||
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leaf (live) | live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, often circinate, elongate and confluent aecium | Melampsora populnea - Dog’s Mercury / Pine / Poplar Rust (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) | 
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Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide: http://www.bioimages.org.uk [Apparently only in Kew Gardens] |
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stem (live) | live stem is spotted by elongate and confluent, clustered aecium | Melampsora populnea - Dog’s Mercury / Pine / Poplar Rust (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) |
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Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide: http://www.bioimages.org.uk [Apparently only in Kew Gardens] |
| stem node | stem node may contain larva | Apion semivittatum - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) | Morris, M.G., 1990 Bullock, J.A., 1992 |
Mercurialis annua may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
Mercurialis (mercuries) |
References
| Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide: http://www.bioimages.org.uk | Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide |
| Bullock, J.A., 1992 | Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations |
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook |
| Morris, M.G., 1990 | Orthocerous Weevils |
