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Ulex minor Roth (Dwarf Gorse)

Scarcity (regional) Scarce

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Ulex minor Plant 18 August 2002 Berks England 9
Ulex minor Plant 30 September 2000 Berks England 5
Ulex minor Plant 11 September 1977 North Hampshire England 1
Ulex minor Plant 9 August 1975 Surrey England 1

Suggested Literature

Ulex minor may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Ulex
(gorses)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Ulex minor:

anther (deformed) deformed anther may be infected and damaged by conidial anamorph Thecaphora deformans - a seed smut fungus (Ustilaginales: Glomosporiaceae) UK/Ireland Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
branchlet (dead) dead branchlet is decayed by thyriothecium Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-gallii - a fly speck fungus (Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by thyriothecium Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-gallii - a fly speck fungus (Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Hypera venusta - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Bullock, J.A., 1992
pod (deformed) deformed pod may be infected and damaged by sorus Thecaphora deformans - a seed smut fungus (Ustilaginales: Glomosporiaceae) UK/Ireland Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
seed (shrivelled, spore ball-filled) shrivelled, spore ball-filled seed may be infected and damaged by sorus Thecaphora deformans - a seed smut fungus (Ustilaginales: Glomosporiaceae) UK/Ireland Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem is galled by larva Apion scutellare - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Major Morris, M.G., 1990
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Bullock, J.A., 1992

Ulex minor 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)
Ulex
(gorses)

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
Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984 Ustilaginales of the British Isles
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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