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Phleum (cat's-tails)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #webs
Species Phleum arenarium L. (Sand Cat's-tail) 10 6  
Species Phleum bertolonii DC. (Smaller Cat’s-tail)   9  
Aggregate Phleum pratense sens.lat. L. (timothy)     18

Suggested Literature

Phleum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Phleum:

leaf (basal) (live) live leaf (basal) is parasitised by cleistothecium Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by effuse, mainly epiphyllous colony of Oidium anamorph Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf leaf is foodplant of adult Oulema melanopa/rufocyanea agg. - cereal leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf leaf is foodplant of larva Oulema melanopa/rufocyanea agg. - cereal leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007 [larvae covered in excrement]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza nigrella - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by larva Selandria serva - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952
sheath (live) live sheath is parasitised by cleistothecium Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem may contain larva Cephus pygmeus - Wheat Stem Borer (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) Benson, R.B., 1951

Phleum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

References

Benson, R.B., 1951 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)
Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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