BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Subfamily ASTEROIDEAE (“daisies”) 148          
Tribe Anthemideae (a tribe of composites) 37 176 61   2 383
Tribe Astereae (a tribe of composites) 45 109 78   3 148
Tribe Calenduleae (marigolds) 4         17
Tribe Eupatorieae (hemp agrimonies) 2 17       45
Species Gerbera jamesonii (a daisy)           5
Tribe Heliantheae (a tribe of composites) 15 15 31   1 65
Tribe Inuleae (a tribe of composites) 16 34 49 2 3 55
Tribe Senecioneae (a tribe of composites) 28 170 78 3 2 228
Species Cenia turbinata (a garden plant)           1
Species Emilia coccinea (Tasselflower)           3
Species Emilia sonchifolia (Cupid's Shaving Brush)           3
Subfamily LACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”) 104          
Tribe Cardueae (“thistles”) 54 256 56   4 626
Tribe Lactuceae (“dandelions”) 50 213 128 8 11 469

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Sell, P. & Murrell, G., 2005 Flora of Great Britain and Ireland 4: Campanulaceae to Asteraceae

ASTERACEAE 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 ASTERACEAE:

(live) live is foodplant of larva Thrips nigropilosus - Chysanthemum Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
(live) live is foodplant of female macropter Thrips nigropilosus - Chysanthemum Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
(live) live is foodplant of female micropter Thrips nigropilosus - Chysanthemum Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
Photos (live) live is parasitised by uredium Coleosporium tussilaginis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Coleosporiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos (live) live is parasitised by subepidermal telium Coleosporium tussilaginis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Coleosporiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
(live) live may have Ceratothrips frici - a thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Foreign Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976 [yellow flowered species]
(live) live may have larva Thrips validus - a thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976 [yellow-flowered species]
(live) live may have adult Thrips validus - a thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976 [yellow-flowered species]
Photos is foodplant of adult Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos has sap sucked by Enoplops scapha - a squashbug (Hemiptera: Coreidae) Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
Photos has sap sucked by Corizus hyoscyami - a rhopalid bug (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) Questionable Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
has sap sucked by Stictopleurus abutilon - a rhopalid bug (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) Foreign Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
has sap sucked by Stictopleurus punctatonervosus - a rhopalid bug (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
may have adult Cryptocephalus violaceus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of adult Aeolothrips tenuicornis - a thrips (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976 [mainly on yellow-flowered species]
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of male Thrips hukkineni - a thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of female Thrips hukkineni - a thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of male Thrips physapus - a thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of female Thrips physapus - a thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
flower (live) live flower may have female Thrips pillichi - a thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
flower (live) live flower may have male Thrips pillichi - a thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
flower flower is foodplant of Aeolothrips intermedius - a thrips (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) Major Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976 [mainly on yellow-flowered species]
flower flower may have adult Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007 [yellow flowered]
flowering flowering is grazed by adult Smaragdina affinis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
green part (live, distorted) live, distorted green part is parasitised by Albugo cubicua - Asteraceae White Blister (Peronosporales: Albuginaceae) Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by Bremia lactucae - Lettuce Downy Mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
leaf-mine (end of) leaf-mine (end of) may house puparium Chromatomyia horticola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Calycomyza humeralis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [firmly glued to leaf by mass of black frass]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Orthochaetes setiger - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
leaf leaf is mined by larva Calycomyza humeralis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [small whitish blotch mine]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Chromatomyia horticola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear, whitish, both upper and lower surface]
Photos leaf leaf is mined by larva Chromatomyia syngenesiae - Chrysanthemum Leaf Miner (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear, whitish, both upper and lower surface]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza strigata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) UK/Ireland Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine follows midrib with short offshoots along lateral veins]
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus luridus - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus luridus - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus succineus - Chrysanthemum Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus succineus - Chrysanthemum Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
Photos pollen pollen is foodplant of adult Cryptocephalus aureolus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992 [yellow-flowered species]
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Andrena denticulata - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Andrena fulvago - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Andrena humilis - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Andrena nitidiusculus - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Andrena polita - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Andrena rosae - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Panurgus banksianus - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
Photos pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Panurgus calcaratus - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Colletes daviesanus - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Colletes fodiens - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Colletes similis - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Dufourea minuta - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Osmia leaiana - a mason bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Dasypoda hirtipes - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Melittidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
root (live) live root has sap sucked by Trama troglodytes - Jerusalem Artichoke Root Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Rotheray, G.E., 1989
root root is parasitised by underground tuber Orobanche artemisiae-campestris - Oxtongue Broomrape (Orobanchaceae) Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
root root is parasitised by underground tuber Orobanche minor var. compositarum - a common broomrape (Orobanchaceae) Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
root root is parasitised by underground tuber Orobanche purpurea - Yarrow Broomrape (Orobanchaceae) Questionable Minor Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 [a few other Compositae]
Stace, C., 1997
root root has sap sucked by Protrama radicis - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Rotheray, G.E., 1989
seed seed has sap sucked by Stictopleurus punctatonervosus - a rhopalid bug (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) Major Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Leptosphaeria macrospora - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium Leptosphaeria ogilviensis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by partly immersed pseudothecium Leptosphaeria purpurea - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Ophiobolus acuminatus - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Kalmusia clivensis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium Pleospora ambigua - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Pleospora phaeocomoides - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Major 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, blackened) dead, blackened stem is decayed by immersed perithecium Diaporthe arctii - a pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem may contain larva Napomyza lateralis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem is mined by larva Ophiomyia curvipalpis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem is mined by larva Phytoliriomyza arctica - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Questionable Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may house puparium Ophiomyia curvipalpis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972

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

SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 Flora of the British Isles
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
Kevan D.K., 1967 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)
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
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976 Thysanoptera
Rotheray, G.E., 1989 Aphid Predators
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959 Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Stace, C., 1997 New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)

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