BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Polypodium vulgare agg. L.agg. (polypodies)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #webs
Species Polypodium interjectum Shivas (Intermediate Polypody) 18   4  
Species Polypodium vulgare sens. str. L. (Polypody) 1 1 18 3

Suggested Literature

Polypodium vulgare agg. may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
PTERIDOPHYTA
(ferns and allies)
PTEROPSIDA
(ferns)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Polypodium vulgare agg.:

Photos frond (live) live frond is spotted by hypophyllous uredium Milesina dieteliana - a fern rust (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes indefinite greenish-brown spots]
Photos frond (over-wintered, locally browned) over-wintered, locally browned frond is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Milesina dieteliana - a fern rust (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytoliriomyza hilarella - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [short linear mine in single pinna]
leaf leaf may have puparium Phytoliriomyza hilarella - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may contain larva Heptamelus ochroleucus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952

Polypodium vulgare agg. may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

PTEROPSIDA
(ferns)
Polypodium
(polypodies)

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
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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