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Petasites (butterburs)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #webs
Species Petasites albus (L.) Gaertner (White Butterbur)   2   3
Species Petasites fragrans (Villars) C.Presl (Winter Heliotrope)   11   6
Species Petasites hybridus (L.) P.Gaertner, Meyer & Scherb. (Butterbur) 2 12 9 11
Species Petasites japonicus (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim. (Giant Butterbur)       2

Suggested Literature

Petasites 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 Petasites:

Photos leaf leaf is mined by larva Trypeta zoe - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
leaf leaf is mined by larva Vidalia cornuta - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign Questionable White, I.M., 1988
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Gliomastix dematiaceous anamorph Gliomastix luzulae - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stem is decayed by basidiome Tulasnella deliquescens - a basidiomycete fungus (Tulasnellales: Tulasnellaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Petasites 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
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)

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