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Rumex conglomeratus Murray (Clustered Dock)

Suggested Literature

Rumex conglomeratus 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 conglomeratus:

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
flower (live) live flower is galled by embedded sorus Bauhinus parlatorei - a smut fungus (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by embedded sorus Bauhinus parlatorei - a smut fungus (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
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) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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 rootstock rootstock is foodplant of larva Apion frumentarium - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Helotium consobrinum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (upper part) (live) live stem (upper part) is galled by embedded sorus Bauhinus parlatorei - a smut fungus (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) UK/Ireland Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
Photos stem stem is foodplant of larva Apion frumentarium - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990

Rumex conglomeratus 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
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi

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