BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Veronica (speedwells)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #webs
Species Veronica agrestis L. (Green Field-speedwell)     27   3
Species Veronica alpina L. (Alpine Speedwell)         2
Species Veronica amethystina (a cultivated speedwell)         1
Aggregate Veronica anagallis-aquatica agg. (water-speedwells) 2        
Species Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. (Blue Water-speedwell)         1
Species Veronica catenata Pennell (Pink Water-speedwell)   3     1
Species Veronica arvensis L. (Wall Speedwell)   7 2   3
Species Veronica austriaca L. (Large Speedwell) 1        
Subspecies Veronica austriaca ssp. teucrium (Large Speedwell)         1
Species Veronica beccabunga L. (Brooklime)   2     6
Species Veronica chamaedrys L. (Germander Speedwell)   9     4
Species Veronica exaltata (a cultivated speedwell)         1
Species Veronica filiformis Smith (Slender Speedwell)   21 13 17 1
Species Veronica gentianoides (a cultivated speedwell)         1
Species Veronica hederifolia L. (Ivy-leaved Speedwell) 2 8 11   2
Species Veronica longifolia L. (Garden Speedwell)         1
Species Veronica montana L. (Wood Speedwell)   13     2
Species Veronica officinalis L. (Heath Speedwell)   4 10   4
Species Veronica orchidea (a cultivated speedwell)         1
Species Veronica persica Poiret (Common Field-speedwell)   6 5   5
Species Veronica polita Fries (Grey Field-speedwell)   10 8   1
Species Veronica serpyllifolia L. (Thyme-leaved Speedwell) 1 13 2   3
Species Veronica spicata L. (Spiked Speedwell)         2
Species Veronica verticillata (a cultivated speedwell)         1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Privately published

Veronica may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Veronica:

is associate of fruitbody Clitocybe pruinosa - a funnel cap (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
flower flower is galled by Aceria anceps Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
flower flower is galled by larva Gymnetron beccabungae - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
flower flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Thecophora - a genus of thick-headed flies (Diptera: Conopidae) Smith, K.G.V., 1969
fruit fruit is galled by larva Gymnetron villosulum - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
fruit fruit is galled by Schroeteria delastrina - a smut fungus Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva Athalia lineolata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Phytomyza crassiseta - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is galled by Aceria anceps Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is galled by Aphis beccabungae - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is galled by telia Puccinia albulensis - Alpine Veronica Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is galled by telia Puccinia veronicae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza crassiseta - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine normally begins along margin of leaf, sometimes later developing into a secondary blotch]
ovary ovary is galled by larva Gymnetron veronicae - Brooklime Gall Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
shoot tip shoot tip is galled by larva Dasineura similis - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
shoot tip shoot tip is galled by larva Jaapiella veronicae - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Lewia scrophulariae - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem is galled by Aceria anceps Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem stem is galled by larva Gymnetron melanarium - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem stem is galled by Asterolecanium fimbriatum (Homoptera) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem stem is galled by telia Puccinia albulensis - Alpine Veronica Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
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
Smith, K.G.V., 1969 Diptera: Conopidae
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls