BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)
Senecioneae
(a tribe of composites)
Petasites
(butterburs)
Petasites japonicus
(Giant Butterbur)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Petasites japonicus (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim. (Giant Butterbur)

Suggested Literature

Petasites japonicus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 PLANTAE
(plants)		 SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)		 MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)		 MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)		 ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Petasites japonicus:

leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Bromius obscurus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
roots roots is foodplant of communal larva Bromius obscurus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007

Petasites japonicus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)		 MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)		 ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)		 Petasites
(butterburs)

References

Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

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