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Himantoglossum hircinum (L.) Sprengel (Lizard Orchid)

Red data list status RDB

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Himantoglossum hircinum In flower 8 June 2004 East Kent England 10

Suggested Literature

Himantoglossum hircinum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
ORCHIDACEAE
(orchids)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Himantoglossum hircinum:

leaf (live) live leaf is mined by larva Chyliza vittata - a psilid fly (Diptera: Psilidae) Foreign Minor Robbins, R., 1990 [Pupariates internally, usually just above the rootstock. Attacked stems may wilt and die.]
rootstock (live) live rootstock is mined by larva Chyliza vittata - a psilid fly (Diptera: Psilidae) Foreign Robbins, R., 1990 [Pupariates internally, usually just above the rootstock. Attacked stems may wilt and die.]
stem (live) live stem is mined by larva Chyliza vittata - a psilid fly (Diptera: Psilidae) Foreign Robbins, R., 1990 [Pupariates internally, usually just above the rootstock. Attacked stems may wilt and die.]
stem (usu just above rootstock) (live) live stem (usu just above rootstock) may house puparium Chyliza vittata - a psilid fly (Diptera: Psilidae) Foreign Robbins, R., 1990 [Pupariates internally, usually just above the rootstock. Attacked stems may wilt and die.]

Himantoglossum hircinum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
ORCHIDACEAE
(orchids)

References

Robbins, R., 1990 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the midlands

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