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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
CARYOPHYLLALES
(pinks, goosefoots and docks)
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
(chickweeds, stitchworts and campions)
Cerastium
(mouse-ears)
Cerastium
is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants
(via Caryophyllaceae)
Macrophytes
(via Spermatophyta)

BioInfo (UK)

Cerastium (mouse-ears)

BioImages BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 52 images of Cerastium (mouse-ears)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #refs #webs
Species Cerastium alpinum L. (Alpine Mouse-ear)     2
Species Cerastium arcticum Lange (Arctic Mouse-ear)     3
Species Cerastium arvense L. (Field Mouse-ear)     9
Species Cerastium brachypetalum Pers. (Grey Mouse-ear)     1
Species Cerastium fontanum Baumg. (Common Mouse-ear)     29
Species Cerastium glomeratum Thuill. (Sticky Mouse-ear)     8
Species Cerastium nigrescens (H.Watson) Edmondston ex H.Watson (Shetland Mouse-ear)   1 1
Species Cerastium pumilum Curtis (Dwarf Mouse-ear)     1
Species Cerastium semidecandrum L. (Little Mouse-ear)     3
Species Cerastium tomentosum L. (Snow-in-summer)     2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

anon., 1998 Cerastium

Cerastium may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 PLANTAE
(plants)		 SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)		 MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Cerastium:

is foodplant of Gronops lunatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
flower flower is grazed by larva Hypera arator - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Hypera arator - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
leaves (terminal) leaves (terminal) is galled by larva Dasineura cerastii - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Restricted Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaves (terminal) leaves (terminal) is galled by larva Dasineura lotharingiae - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaves (terminal) leaves (terminal) is galled by Brachycolus cerastii (Homoptera: Aphididae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986

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

PLANTAE
(plants)		 SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)		 MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)		 EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)		 CARYOPHYLLACEAE
(chickweeds, stitchworts and campions)
Herbaceous Plants (via Caryophyllaceae)

References

Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls
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