Ranunculus L.
(buttercups and crowfoots)

Interactions where Ranunculus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
may have adult Oulema obscura a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/Oulema obscuraa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfoots (7-)adult may be found on
pollen is foodplant of adult Cryptocephalus aureolus a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootspollen (4-)5-6(-9)adult feeds on pollen
may have adult Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis/Cryptocephalus hypochaeridisa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfoots (4-9)adult may be found on
is foodplant of Bagous tempestivus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bagous tempestivus/Bagous tempestivusa weevil Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfoots feeds on
is foodplant of UK/IrelandQuestionable Leiosoma troglodytes a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Leiosoma troglodytes/Leiosoma troglodytesa weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfoots? feeds on
flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Zodion a genus of beegrabbers Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Zodion/Zodiona genus of beegrabbersadult Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsflower adult visits for nectar and/or pollen flower
is decayed by effuse colony of Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Coremiella cubispora a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Coremiella cubispora/Coremiella cubisporaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyCoremiella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfoots (7-10)effuse colony of Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Puccinia recondita Brown Rust, Brown Rust Of Wheat Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia recondita/Puccinia reconditabrown rust, brown rust of wheataecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootslive aecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia recondita Brown Rust, Brown Rust Of Wheat Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia recondita/Puccinia reconditabrown rust, brown rust of wheatpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootslive pycnium parasitises live
flower flower may have adult Gastrophysa viridula Green Dock Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Gastrophysa viridula/Gastrophysa viridulagreen dock beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsflower (4-9)adult may be found on flower
flower flower is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Prasocuris marginella a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Prasocuris marginella/Prasocuris marginellaa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsflower larva grazes on flower
flower flower is galled by larva Dasineura traili a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura traili/Dasineura trailia gall midgelarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsflower larva causes gall of flower
fruit (unripe) unripe fruit has sap sucked by nymph UK/IrelandCaptivity Dolycoris baccarum Hairy Shieldbug, Sloebug, Sloe Shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wild, Hawkins, R.D., 1985
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Dolycoris baccarum/Dolycoris baccarumhairy shieldbug, sloebug, sloe shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsunripefruit Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducednymph sucks sap of unripe fruit
leaf (petiole) (live) live leaf (petiole) is galled by UK/Ireland Physoderma vagans a chytridiomycete fungus Blastocladiales: Physodermataceae British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma vagans/Physoderma vagansa chytridiomycete fungus Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsliveleaf (petiole) causes gall of live leaf (petiole)
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva Questionable Athalia bicolor Belted Tigress Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Athalia bicolor/Athalia bicolorbelted tigressgregariouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfoots?leaf (underside) gregarious larva grazes on leaf (underside)
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Phytomyza fallaciosa a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza fallaciosa/Phytomyza fallaciosaa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleaf-mine puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Phyllotreta striolata Striped Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phyllotreta striolata/Phyllotreta striolatastriped flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Phyllotreta striolata Striped Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phyllotreta striolata/Phyllotreta striolatastriped flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Prasocuris glabra a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Prasocuris glabra/Prasocuris glabraa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Prasocuris glabra a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Prasocuris glabra/Prasocuris glabraa leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Prasocuris marginella a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Prasocuris marginella/Prasocuris marginellaa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago UK/Ireland Prasocuris marginella a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Prasocuris marginella/Prasocuris marginellaa leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is galled by larva Dasineura ranunculi a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura ranunculi/Dasineura ranunculia gall midgelarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleaf larva causes gall of leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Phytomyza fallaciosa a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Agromyzidae Newsletter No 4, October 2017, Anon, 2017
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza fallaciosa/Phytomyza fallaciosaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza notata a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza notata/Phytomyza notataa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza ranunculi a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza ranunculi/Phytomyza ranunculia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Restricted Phytomyza ranunculivora a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza ranunculivora/Phytomyza ranunculivoraa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleafSole larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by solitary larva Restricted Pseudodineura fuscula a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pseudodineura fuscula/Pseudodineura fusculaa sawflysolitarylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleafSole solitary larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo atra a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo atra/Tenthredo atraa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Questionable Tenthredo mioceras a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo mioceras/Tenthredo miocerasa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfoots?leaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live, blistered) live, blistered leaf is galled by sorus Urocystis ranunculi a smut fungus Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis ranunculi/Urocystis ranunculia smut fungussorus Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootslive, blisteredleaf sorus causes gall of live, blistered leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by UK/Ireland Physoderma vagans a chytridiomycete fungus Blastocladiales: Physodermataceae British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma vagans/Physoderma vagansa chytridiomycete fungus Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsliveleaf causes gall of live leaf
root, rhizome root, rhizome may contain larva UK/Ireland Leiosoma deflexum a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Leiosoma deflexum/Leiosoma deflexuma weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsroot, rhizome larva feeds within root, rhizome
root? root? may contain larva UK/Ireland Leiosoma oblongulum a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Leiosoma oblongulum/Leiosoma oblonguluma weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsroot? larva feeds within root?
root root may be infected and damaged by Major Pratylenchus root-lesion eelworms Tylenchida: Pratylenchidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea/Tylenchida/Pratylenchidae/Pratylenchus/Pratylenchusroot-lesion eelworms Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsrootMajor infects and damages root
rootstock rootstock is foodplant of larva Cheilosia albitarsis a hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Cheilosia albitarsis/Cheilosia albitarsisa hoverflylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsrootstock larva feeds on rootstock
stem stem may contain larva Restricted Napomyza cineracea a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Napomyza cineracea/Napomyza cineraceaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsstemSole larva feeds within stem
stem stem may contain larva Questionable Phytomyza albipennis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza albipennis/Phytomyza albipennisa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfoots?stem larva feeds within stem
stem stem may contain larva Restricted Phytomyza evanescens a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza evanescens/Phytomyza evanescensa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsstemSole larva feeds within stem
stem (live, blistered) live, blistered stem is galled by sorus Urocystis ranunculi a smut fungus Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis ranunculi/Urocystis ranunculia smut fungussorus Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootslive, blisteredstem sorus causes gall of live, blistered stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Anon, 2017Agromyzidae Newsletter No 4, October 2017Agromyzidae Recording Scheme Newsletter.
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Benson, R.B., 1958Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(c), 252pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Hawkins, R.D., 1985Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wildHet News No 6: 3.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungiAIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.
Smith, K.G.V., 1969Diptera: ConopidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Storey, M.W., 2015Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guidewww.bioimages.org.uk
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Ranunculus (buttercups and crowfoots) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 31 trophisms
Species 10 trophisms
Species 13 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 10 trophisms
Species 8 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 45 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms
Species 8 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusRanunculus (buttercups and crowfoots)
FamilyRANUNCULACEAE (buttercups, crowfoots)
OrderRANUNCULALES (buttercups, poppies and barberries)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ranunculus (buttercups and crowfoots)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Ranunculus Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

Ranunculus (buttercups and crowfoots) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Aquatic Species

Butcher, R.W. Some problems of the water buttercups Warburg, E.F. Cytology and critical groups, 6pp, British Flowering Plants and Modern Systematic Methods

Plant Pathology

Zweto, P. & Blanz, P. 2012 Aeciospore types in rusts on Ranunculus and allied genera Stapfia Vol 96: 105-121.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Ranunculus (buttercups and crowfoots):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 245 images of Ranunculus (buttercups and crowfoots)
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