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Ranunculus acris L. (Meadow Buttercup)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Ranunculus acris In flower 4 June 2003 Berks England 11 14
Ranunculus acris Plant 30 May 1976 East Sussex England 1
Ranunculus acris Plant 7 July 1971 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Ranunculus acris may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Ranunculus
(buttercups and crowfoots)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Ranunculus acris:

(live) live is parasitised by Peronospora ranunculi - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia recondita - Brown Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces dactylidis - Celandine Clustercup Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculi - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculi - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza ranunculicola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Gibbs, D., 2006 [initially a linear mine, becoming a secondary blotch at the leaf tip]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, in crowded groups aecium Puccinia recondita - Brown Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by immersed sorus Entyloma microsporum - a smut fungus (Entylomatales: Entylomataceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by immersed sorus Urocystis ranunculi - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia didyma - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes brown spots 2-4mm diam. which may coalesce to form larger areas]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by erumpent, mostly hypophyllous apothecium Leptotrochila ranunculi - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes large brown blotches]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by aecium Uromyces dactylidis - Celandine Clustercup Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes yellow spots]
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Phytomyza fallaciosa - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Phytomyza rydeni - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza fallaciosa - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [a secondary blotch filling the apex of a leaf segment]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza notata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [short, broad, essentially linear, but sometimes appearing blotch-like]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza rydeni - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine a brownish blotch, filling apex of leaf segment]
leaf leaf is mined by solitary larva Pseudodineura fuscula - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Monophadanus pallescens - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
Photos petiole (live) live petiole is parasitised by aecium Uromyces dactylidis - Celandine Clustercup Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
petiole (live) live petiole is parasitised by immersed sorus Urocystis ranunculi - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
pollen? pollen? is foodplant of adult Bruchus loti - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by immersed sorus Urocystis ranunculi - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem stem is mined by larva Ophiomyia ranunculicaulis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may house puparium Ophiomyia ranunculicaulis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972

Ranunculus acris may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
RANUNCULACEAE
(buttercups, crowfoots)
Ranunculus
(buttercups and crowfoots)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
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
Gibbs, D., 2006 Three agromyzid flies, Ophiomyia nasuta (Melander, 1913), Phytomyza ranunculicola Hering, 1949 and Phytobia mallochi (Hendel, 1924) (Diptera, Agrmoyzidae) new to Britain
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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