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Trifolium dubium Sibth. (Lesser Trefoil)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Trifolium dubium Plant 28 May 2001 Berks England 7 6
Trifolium dubium Plant 17 July 1977 North Hampshire England 3

Suggested Literature

Trifolium dubium 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 Trifolium dubium:

(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Uromyces minor - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces minor - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
green parts (live) live green parts may be infected and damaged by Peronospora trifoliorum - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [leaves smaller and yellowish, infected shoot fails to flower]
inflorescence inflorescence may contain larva Apion nigritarse - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Foreign Questionable Major Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Uromyces anthyllidis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Uromyces anthyllidis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem is galled by larva Apion pubescens - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 1990

Trifolium dubium may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
FABACEAE
(vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae)
Trifolium
(clovers)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils

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