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Rumex crispus L. (Curled Dock)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Rumex crispus Plant 28 June 2006 West Sussex England 2 14
Rumex crispus Plant 15 July 2001 Berks England 3 15
Rumex crispus Plant 13 August 1972 Surrey England 1
Rumex crispus Plant 21 July 1971 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Rumex crispus 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 crispus:

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) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
flower (live) live flower is galled by embedded sorus Bauhinus parlatorei - a smut fungus (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) UK/Ireland Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by immersed pseudothecium Venturia rumicis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Venturiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes small dark, purplish-brown spots, sometimes with reddish-purple borders]
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by embedded sorus Bauhinus parlatorei - a smut fungus (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia rubella - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Uromyces rumicis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by embedded sorus Ustilago parlatorei - a dock smut (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by immersed pseudothecium Venturia rumicis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Venturiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes small dark, purplish-brown spots, sometimes with reddish-purple borders]
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
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by larva Hypera rumicis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
petiole (live) live petiole is parasitised by embedded sorus Ustilago parlatorei - a dock smut (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos rootstock rootstock is foodplant of larva Apion frumentarium - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by long stalked apothecium Lachnum virgineum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by embedded sorus Ustilago parlatorei - a dock smut (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (upper part) (live) live stem (upper part) is galled by embedded sorus Bauhinus parlatorei - a smut fungus (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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 crispus 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

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
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae

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