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Ranunculus repens L. (Creeping Buttercup)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Ranunculus repens In flower 1 June 2003 North Hampshire England 5
Ranunculus repens In flower 23 June 2001 Berks England 12
Ranunculus repens Plant 3 June 2001 Berks England 5 3
Ranunculus repens Plant 30 May 1976 East Sussex England 2

Suggested Literature

Ranunculus repens 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 repens:

(fibrous remains) fibrous remains is decayed by apothecium Leptotrochila ranunculi - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by Peronospora ranunculi - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia magnusiana - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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 foodplant of larva Bagous tempestivus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 2002
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
flower flower is grazed by adult Phaedon concinnus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
flower flower may have adult Plateumaris sericea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Chrysolina staphylaea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Chrysolina staphylaea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous conidium Entyloma ficariae - a smut fungus (Entylomatales: Entylomataceae) UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by embedded sorus Entyloma ficariae - a smut fungus (Entylomatales: Entylomataceae) UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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 Entyloma ranunculi-repentis - a smut fungus (Entylomatales: Entylomataceae) UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by immersed sorus Urocystis ranunculi - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [silvery blisters which burst open]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia aequivoca - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale spots with brown margins]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia didyma - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Major 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]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, in small groups aecium Puccinia magnusiana - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round yellowish spots]
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]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf may have epiphytic effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph Chromelosporium ochraceum - an anamorphic fungus (Pezizales: Pezizaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (previous year's fibrous remains) previous year's fibrous remains leaf is decayed by apothecium Crocicreas starbaeckii - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [in damp places]
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Phytomyza fallaciosa - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) 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 solitary larva Pseudodineura fuscula - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon concinnus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Monophadanus pallescens - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo mesomelas - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
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) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [silvery blisters which burst open]
root, rhizome root, rhizome may contain larva Leiosoma deflexum - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992
runner (previous year's fibrous remains) previous year's fibrous remains runner is decayed by apothecium Crocicreas starbaeckii - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [in damp places]
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by immersed sorus Urocystis ranunculi - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [silvery blisters which burst open]
Photos stem (live) live stem may have epiphytic effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph Chromelosporium ochraceum - an anamorphic fungus (Pezizales: Pezizaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stolon stolon may contain larva Leiosoma deflexum - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992

Ranunculus repens 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)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
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
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
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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