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Rumex hydrolapathum Hudson (Water Dock)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Rumex hydrolapathum Plant 15 May 2005 Berks England 2
Rumex hydrolapathum Plant 30 July 1971 South Devon England 2

Suggested Literature

Rumex hydrolapathum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Rumex hydrolapathum:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia phragmitis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces rumicis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe polygoni - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Foreign Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe polygoni - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Foreign Ing, B., 1990
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Uromyces rumicis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia pratensis - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round or oval, pale brown, purple-bordered spots]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by clustered aecium Puccinia phragmitis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes reddish-purple spots]
Photos leaf (petiole base) leaf (petiole base) is foodplant of larva Apion frumentarium - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Galerucella sagittariae - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Galerucella sagittariae - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by larva Hypera rumicis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Photos rootstock rootstock is foodplant of larva Apion frumentarium - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Photos stem stem is foodplant of larva Apion frumentarium - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
stem stem may contain larva Apion hydrolapathi - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990

Rumex hydrolapathum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)
Rumex
(docks)

References

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
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae

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