BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Potamogeton (pondweeds)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Species Potamogeton lucens L. (Shining Pondweed)         1
Hybrid Potamogeton lucens x natans (P. x fluitans) Roth (a pondweed)       1  
Species Potamogeton natans L. (Broad-leaved Pondweed)         5
Species Potamogeton pectinatus L. (Fennel Pondweed)         5
Species Potamogeton polygonifolius Pourret (Bog Pondweed)         3
Species Potamogeton praelongus Wulfen (Long-stalked Pondweed)       1  
Species Potamogeton pusillus L. (Lesser Pondweed) 12 16 4    

Suggested Literature

Potamogeton may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POTAMOGETONACEAE
(pondweeds)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Potamogeton:

is foodplant of larva Bagous limosus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
is associate of imago Bagous tempestivus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (floating) floating leaf is spotted by sorus Doassansiopsis hydrophila - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Doassansiopsidaceae) Foreign Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [especially when pond has dried out]

Potamogeton may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POTAMOGETONACEAE
(pondweeds)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
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

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