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Zinnia elegans Jacq. (a composite)

Suggested Literature

Zinnia elegans may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Zinnia elegans:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by Podosphaera fusca - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
flower (live) live flower is spotted by effuse colony of Altenaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria zinniae - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale grey or brown, purple-margined spots]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by effuse colony of Altenaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria zinniae - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale grey or brown, purple-margined spots]
stem (live) live stem is spotted by effuse colony of Altenaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria zinniae - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale grey or brown, purple-margined spots]

Zinnia elegans may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews

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