BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh. (Lesser Burdock)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Arctium minus	Plant	5 August 2000	Berks	England	2
Arctium minus	Plant	27 July 2000	Berks	England	12

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Subspecies	Arctium minus ssp. minus (a lesser burdock)	1	12
Subspecies	Arctium minus ssp. nemorosum (Lej.) Syme (Wood Burdock)		2
Subspecies	Arctium minus ssp. pubens (Bab.) Arenes (a lesser burdock)		4

Suggested Literature

Arctium minus may be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Arctium minus:

	achene	achene is galled by larva	Terellia tussilaginis - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)		Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 [swollen achene with larva within] White, I.M., 1988
	achene	achene may contain larva	Terellia tussilaginis - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)		Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 [eats a single achene to complete development]
	capitulum	capitulum is galled by larva	Tephritis bardanae - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)		Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 [feeds on achenes] White, I.M., 1988
	leaf -> midrib -> stem	leaf -> midrib -> stem is mined by larva (young)	Melanagromyza lappae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1976
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Phytomyza lappae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [long, white, linear mine, often next to vein]
	stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph	Pseudospiropes rousselianus - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Melanommataceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Cylindrotrichum dematiaceous anamorph	Cylindrotrichum oligospermum - a dematiaceous hyphomycete (Sordariales: Chaetosphaeriaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph	Stachybotrys cylindrospora - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	stem	stem may contain larva (older)	Melanagromyza lappae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1976 Spencer, K.A., 1972
	stem	stem may house puparium	Melanagromyza lappae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972

Arctium minus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References