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Anthyllis vulneraria L. (Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Anthyllis vulneraria Non-flowering 5 April 2005 East Gloucestershire England 2
Anthyllis vulneraria 9 June 2004 East Kent England 3
Anthyllis vulneraria Plant 24 April 2003 Dorset England 9
Anthyllis vulneraria Plant 10 July 1977 East Sussex England 1
Anthyllis vulneraria Plant 9 July 1977 East Sussex England 1
Anthyllis vulneraria Plant 30 June 1971 East Sussex England 2

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos
Subspecies Anthyllis vulneraria ssp. vulneraria (Kidney Vetch)  
Variety Anthyllis vulneraria ssp. vulneraria var. coccinea L. (a kidney vetch) 1

Suggested Literature

Anthyllis vulneraria 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 Anthyllis vulneraria:

(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is foodplant of larva Otiorhynchus ligustici - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Major Morris, M.G., 1997
Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Sitona gemellatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
is foodplant of imago Sitona griseus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
is foodplant of larva Tychius schneideri - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
may have adult Cryptocephalus bilineatus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Major Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Uromyces anthyllidis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Uromyces anthyllidis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph Cercospora radiata - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [spots whitish or pale brown with dark brown borders]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Hypera venusta - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Photos pollen pollen is foodplant of adult Cryptocephalus aureolus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
root root is foodplant of larva Sitona griseus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
sepal sepal is mined by larva Phytomyza brischkei - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear]

Anthyllis vulneraria 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)

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
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
Morris, M.G., 1997 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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