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Echinops (globe-thistles)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #webs
Species Echinops bannaticus Rochel ex Schrader (Blue Globe-thistle) 3
Species Echinops exaltatus Schrader (Globe-thistle) 3
Species Echinops karatavicus (a globe-thistle) 1
Species Echinops maracundicus (a globe-thistle) 1
Species Echinops niveus (a globe-thistle) 1
Species Echinops sphaerocephalus L. (Glandular Globe-thistle) 1

Suggested Literature

Echinops 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)
Cardueae
(“thistles”)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Echinops:

leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza bipunctata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Questionable Spencer, K.A., 1972 [narrow linear mine, frass in conspicuous, almost unbroken line at side]

Echinops 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

Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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