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Hippocrepis comosa L. (Horseshoe Vetch)

Images etc

magnified photograph Pod segments 500 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Pod segments 500 by 400 pixels

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Hippocrepis comosa In flower 29 May 2005 East Gloucestershire England 5
Hippocrepis comosa Plant 24 April 2003 Dorset England 8
Hippocrepis comosa In flower 22 May 2000 Oxon England 3
Hippocrepis comosa Plant 30 June 1971 East Sussex England 3

Suggested Literature

General Works

Hennenberg, K.J. & Bruelheide, H., 2003 Ecological investigations on the northern distribution range of Hippocrepis comosa L. in Germany.

Hippocrepis comosa 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 Hippocrepis comosa:

is foodplant of larva Meligethes erichsoni - a pollen beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Uromyces anthyllidis - 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
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Uromyces anthyllidis - 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
stem stem is foodplant of larva Apion waltoni - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Restricted Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992 [larvae semi-exposed]

Hippocrepis comosa may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
FABACEAE
(vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
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
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils

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