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Rhamnus cathartica L. (Buckthorn, Purging Buckthorn)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Rhamnus cathartica 31 July 2007 Berks England 3
Rhamnus cathartica In fruit 19 September 2006 Derby England 5
Rhamnus cathartica Plant 11 August 2001 West Sussex England 4
Rhamnus cathartica Plant 20 June 1998 Berks England 7
Rhamnus cathartica Plant 6 June 1976 Berks England 2

Suggested Literature

Rhamnus cathartica may 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 Rhamnus cathartica:

may have adult Cryptocephalus bipunctatus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos may have adult Cryptocephalus parvulus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos branch (small) (dead, attached) dead, attached branch (small) is decayed by fruitbody Peniophora lycii - a resupinate fungus (Russulales: Peniophoraceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
flower bud flower bud is galled by larva Contarinia rhamni - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by plentiful, mainly epiphyllous conidial anamorph Erysiphe friesii - Purging Buckthorn Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mainly epiphyllous cleistothecium Erysiphe friesii - Purging Buckthorn Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (petiole) leaf (petiole) is galled by aecium Puccinia coronata - Crown Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is galled by Eriophyes annulatus - a gall mite (Tarsonemoidea: Eriophyidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is galled by Trioza rhamni - a jumping plantlouse (Homoptera: Psyllidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Photos leaf leaf is galled by Trichochermes walkeri - a jumping plantlouse (Homoptera: Triozidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Photos leaf leaf is galled by pycnium Puccinia coronata - Crown Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos leaf leaf is galled by aecium Puccinia coronata - Crown Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Photos stick (dead, fallen) dead, fallen stick is decayed by fruitbody Peniophora lycii - a resupinate fungus (Russulales: Peniophoraceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Rhamnus cathartica may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Rhamnus
(a genus of buckthorns)

References

Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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