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APIACEAE (umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Aegopodium podagraria L. (Ground Elder, Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed)		20	4			17
Species	Aethusa cynapium L. (Fool’s Parsley)		3	4			15
Genus	Ammi (a gnus of umbellifer)						1
Species	Angelica archangelica L. (Garden Angelica)						3
Species	Angelica sylvestris L. (Wild Angelica)		12	4			41
Genus	Anthriscus (a genus of umbellifers)	3	15	4			41
Genus	Apium (fool's water-cresses, marshworts & celeries)	2	3			1	28
Genus	Astrantia (astrantias)	1					2
Species	Berula erecta (Hudson) Cov. (Lesser Water-parsnip)		2			1	5
Species	Bunium bulbocastanum L. (Great Pignut)						5
Genus	Bupleurum (thorow-waxes and hare's-ears)	2				1	5
Species	Carum verticillatum (L.) Koch (Whorled Caraway)					1
Genus	Chaerophyllum (chervils)	2	20				20
Species	Cicuta virosa L. (Cowbane)						12
Species	Conium maculatum L. (Hemlock)		11				16
Species	Conopodium majus (Gouan) Loret (Pignut)		9				6
Species	Coriandrum sativum L. (Coriander)						1
Species	Crithmum maritimum L. (Rock Samphire)		7				1
Species	Daucus carota L. (Carrot)	3	40	4			28
Genus	Eryngium (eryngoes)	2	14				4
Species	Falcaria vulgaris Bernh. (Longleaf)						3
Species	Ferula communis L. (Giant Fennel)					1
Species	Foeniculum vulgare Miller (Fennel)		3				17
Genus	Heracleum (hogweeds)	4	55	3			122
Genus	Hydrocotyle (pennyworts)	1	15			1	4
Species	Levisticum officinale Koch (Lovage)						1
Species	Ligusticum scoticum L. (Scottish Lovage)						3
Species	Meum athamanticum Jacq. (Spignel)						3
Species	Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop. (Sweet Cicely)		3				7
Genus	Oenanthe (Bot.) (water-dropworts)	5	43	4		1	40
Species	Pastinaca sativa L. (Wild Parsnip)	2	9				26
Genus	Petroselinum (parsleys)	1					23
Genus	Peucedanum (a genus of umbellifers)	3				1	18
Species	Physospermum cornubiense (L.) DC. (Bladderseed)						3
Genus	Pimpinella (burnet-saxifrages)	2	2				21
Species	Sanicula europaea L. (Sanicle)		7				9
Species	Scandix pecten-veneris L. (Shepherd's-needle)					1	2
Species	Selinum carvifolia (L.) L. (Cambridge Milk-parsley)						6
Species	Seseli libanotis (L.) Koch (Moon Carrot)						9
Species	Silaum silaus (L.) Schinz & Thell. (Pepper Saxifrage)		5	17			10
Species	Sison amomum L. (Stone Parsley)		3				1
Species	Sium latifolium L. (Great Water-parsnip)					1	6
Genus	Smyrnium (alexanders)	2	27	27	10		16
Species	Tordylium maximum L. (Hartwort)						1
Genus	Torilis (hedge-parsleys)	2	25	14			10
Species	Trinia glauca (L.) Dumort. (Honewort)					1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Poland, J., 2005 (Milk present in many genera but sparse or watery and rarely documented.)	Milk matters - the importance of latex in vegetative identification
Tutin, T.G., 1980	Umbellifers of the British Isles

General Works

Umbellifer Resource Centre: http://rbg-web2.rgbe.org.uk/URC/urchomepage.html

Web Site/Page

APIACEAE 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 APIACEAE:

(aphid-infested)	aphid-infested is associate of larva	Leucozona laternaria - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1993
(aphid-infested)	aphid-infested is associate of larva	Melangyna umbellatarum - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1993
(mildewed)	mildewed is associate of	Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata - Twenty-two-spot Ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)	Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
	is foodplant of	Liniophloeus tessulatus - a beetle (Coleoptera)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is grazed by imago	Hypera arundinis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
	is grazed by larva?	Hypera arundinis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
	has sap sucked by	Cavariella - willow aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1989
	has sap sucked by	Cavariella aegopodii - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1989
	has sap sucked by	Cavariella pastinacae - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1989
	has sap sucked by	Hyadaphis foeniculi - Honeysuckle Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1989
	is associate of imago	Liophloeus tessulatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 1997
flower (aphid-infested)	aphid-infested flower is associate of larva	Meliscaeva auricollis - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1993
flower	flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by imago	Anoplodera sexguttata - Six-spotted Longhorn Beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)	Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007b [especially in shaded woodland clearings]
flower	flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by imago	Rutpela maculata - Harlequin Longhorn, Black-and-yellow Longhorn Beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)	Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007b
fruit	fruit is galled by larva	Kiefferia pimpinellae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by colony of Fusariella dematiaceous anamorph	Fusariella hughesii - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live)	live leaf is grazed by crepuscular & nocturnal larva	Chrysolina oricalcia - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live)	live leaf is grazed by adult	Phaedon tumidulus - Celery Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live)	live leaf is grazed by larva	Phaedon tumidulus - Celery Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf	leaf is galled by	Aceria peucadani (Tarsonemoidea: Eriophyidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf	leaf is galled by larva	Macrolabis heraclei - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf	leaf is galled by	Semiaphis pimpinellae (Homoptera: Aphididae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf	leaf is galled by	Plasmopara pimpinellae - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Andrena proxima - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
root (aphid-infested)	aphid-infested root is associate of larva	Pipizella - a genus of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1993
root	root is foodplant of larva	Liophloeus tessulatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 1997
root	root has sap sucked by	Anuraphis subterranea - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1989
root	root has sap sucked by	Aphis sambuci - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1989
rootstock	rootstock may contain larva	Liparus coronatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
rootstock	rootstock may contain larva	Liparus germanus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
stem (aphid-infested)	aphid-infested stem is associate of larva	Meliscaeva auricollis - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1993
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by at first immersed, later often erumpent pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph	Metasphaeria complanata - an ascomycete (Dothideales: Dothioraceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by erumpent pseudothecium	Leptosphaeria doliolum - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by partly immersed pseudothecium	Lophiostoma fuckelii var. fuckelii - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Dendryphiella dematiaceous anamorph	Dendryphiella infuscans - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by colony of Dendryphion dematiaceous anamorph	Dendryphion nanum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [sometimes encircling the stem base and extending up to 10cm]
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium	Pleospora phaeocomoides - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by colony of Fusariella dematiaceous anamorph	Fusariella hughesii - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by apothecium	Pyrenopeziza pastinacae - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by Heteropatella anamorph	Heterosphaeria patella - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by erumpent, often becoming superficial apothecium	Heterosphaeria patella - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium	Discocistella grevillei - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by apothecium	Hyalopeziza millepunctata - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by apothecium	Urceolella crispula - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by deeply embedded perithecium	Diaporthopsis angelicae - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by immersed, or becoming erumpent, often in elongated groups of 2 to 5 pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Phomopsis hysteriola - a coelomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph	Stachybotrys cylindrospora - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, blackened)	dead, blackened stem is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph	Periconia cookei - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [on blackened areas]
stem (dead, blackened)	dead, blackened stem is decayed by immersed perithecium	Diaporthe arctii - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed stem is decayed by basidiome	Calyptella campanula - a cyphelloid fungus (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead, decaying)	dead, decaying stem is decayed by fruitbody	Typhula uncialis - a minute club fungus (Agaricales: Typhulaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead, fallen)	dead, fallen stem is decayed by effuse colony of Dendryphiella dematiaceous anamorph	Dendryphiella vinosa - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, standing)	dead, standing stem is decayed by sessile apothecium	Lasiobelonium mollissimum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live)	live stem may contain larva	Phytoecia cylindrica - Umbellifer Longhorn Beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)	Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007a
stem (lower part) (dead, standing)	dead, standing stem (lower part) is decayed by effuse colony of Dendryphiella dematiaceous anamorph	Dendryphiella vinosa - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem	stem is foodplant of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Diaporthopsis angelicae - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem	stem is galled by embedded chlamydospore	Protomyces macrosporus - an ascomycete (Taphrinales: Protomycetaceae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem	stem may contain larva	Lixus iridis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
umbel (base)	umbel (base) is galled by larva	Lasioptera carophila - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007	Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2
Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007	Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1
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
Macdonald, M.A., in prep.	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	Ladybirds
Morris, M.G., 1997	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Rotheray, G.E., 1989	Aphid Predators
Rotheray, G.E., 1993	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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