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Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum agg. (L.) Hayek (water-cress)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #macrophotos #webs
Species Rorippa microphylla (Boenn.) N.Hylander ex A. & D.Love (Narrow-fruited Water-cress)   3
Hybrid Rorippa microphylla x nasturtium-aquaticum (R. x sterilis) Airy Shaw (Hybrid Water-cress)   1
Species Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum sens.str. (L.) Hayek (Water-cress) 1 3

Suggested Literature

Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum agg. may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae)
Rorippa
(yellow-cresses)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum agg.:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by colony Albugo candida - White Blister Or White Rust Of Brassicaceae (Peronosporales: Albuginaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by colony Peronospora parasitica - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon cochleariae - a mustard beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Phaedon cochleariae - a mustard beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live, perforated) live, perforated leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon armoraciae - a mustard beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
root (live) live root is parasitised by colony Spongospora nasturtii - a protozoan slime mould (Plasmodiophorales: Plasmodiophoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Crook Root Disease"]

Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum agg. may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae)
Rorippa
(yellow-cresses)

References

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

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