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Lysimachia L.

Alvet Loosestrife
Lysimachia, Biota of North America Program (query database) [BONAP]
Lysimachia, Den Virtuella Floran [DVF]

Foodplants for Chloroclystis v-ata, Chlosyne gorgone carlota, Lacanobia oleracea

Cane, J. H., G. C. Eickwort, F. E. Wesley & J. Spielholz. 1983. Foraging, grooming and mating behaviors of Macropis nuda (Melittidae) and use of Lysimachia ciliata oils (Primulaceae) in larval provisions and cell linings. Amer. Midl. Natur. 110: 257-264.

... Species in the genus are hosts to specialist bees in the genus Macropis, which feed their larvae with pollen and floral oils. They collect the oils collected from the trichome hairs on the flowers. It is the only example of a mutualism involving an oil flower and an oil-collecting bee outside of the tropics, and likely reflects a co-evolved association [James Cane]

Lysimachia vulgaris L.

Ranta-alpi Yellow Loosestrife Garden Loosestrife Strandlysing
Lysimachia vulgaris, Bilder ur Nordens Flora (in Swedish) [RUNEBERG]
Lysimachia vulgaris ; [RK, 218]; [SK, 456]; [GMBOT, 645]

600x867 (~110Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, Virojoki 671:53, 12.8.2000, Photo © Markku Savela	600x741 (~66Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, Virojoki 671:53, 12.8.2000, Photo © Markku Savela	500x689 (~37Kb) FINLAND: N: Pernaja, 670:45, 10.8.1996, Photo © Markku Savela
923x952 (~99Kb) Finland: Nokia, Penttilä, 16.7.2006, Photo © Harri Arkkio

Foodplant for Acronicta auricoma, A. menyanthidis, A. rumicis, Anticollix sparsatus, Autographa gamma, Cerastis rubricosa, Cleora cinctaria, Eupithecia centaureata, E. subfuscata, Euplexia lucipara, Lacanobia oleracea, Melanchra persicariae, Monochroa conspersella, Orthosia gracilis

Lysimachia punctata L.

Tarha-alpi Dotted Loosestrife Praktlysing
Lysimachia punctata ; [RK, 218]; [GMBOT, 645]

825x1100 (~195Kb) Finland, Espoo, Viiskorpi, 7.7.2005 (cultivated), Photo © Harri Arkkio Lysimachia punctata det. Vesa Järvinen

998x1280 (~106Kb) Finland, Espoo, Viiskorpi, 7.7.2005 (cultivated), Photo © Harri Arkkio Lysimachia punctata det. Vesa Järvinen

Lysimachia ciliata L.

Ripsialpi Guldlysing
Lysimachia ciliata, Aquatic and Wetland Vascular Plants of the Northern Great Plains [USGS]
Lysimachia ciliata ; [RK, 219]

Lysimachia nummularia L.

Suikero-alpi Suikertava alpi Creeping Jenny Moneywort Penningblad
Lysimachia nummularia ; [RK, 219]; [SK, 457]; [GMBOT, 645]

562x748 (~68Kb) The Katun' River right bank netween the villages Srostki and Chuiskii, Altaiskii Krai Province, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

800x556 (~128Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, Virojoki 671:53, 5.8.2000 (cultiv.), Photo © Markku Savela

800x604 (~69Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, Virojoki 671:53, 5.8.2000 (cultiv.), Photo © Markku Savela

Lysimachia thyrsiflora L.

Terttualpi Tufted Loosestrife Topplösa
Naumburgia thyrsiflora (L.); Rchb.
Lysimachia thyrsiflora, Aquatic and Wetland Vascular Plants of the Northern Great Plains [USGS]
Lysimachia thyrsiflora ; [RK, 219]; [SK, 457]; [GMBOT, 646]

900x1350 (~189Kb) FINLAND, Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 2.7.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

Foodplant for Acronicta auricoma, A. euphorbiae, Autographa gamma

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References:

[BONAP]

A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; A data base interface; BONAP U.S. Checklist - 1998; Provided by TAMU-BWG; Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group; Based on; Biota of North America Program

[DVF]

Den Virtuella floran; http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/welcome.html; Ett projekt vid Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Stockholm, Sweden).; Even for non-Swedish speaker, the distribution maps on species are nice (map buttons "Norden" and "Norra halvklotet")

[GMBOT]

Robinson, Benjamin L., Fernald, Merrit Lyndon, 1908; Gray's New Manual of Botany (7th edition); A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada; American Book Company

[Harri Arkkio]

Finland

[James Cane]

USDA-ARS Bee Biology and Systematics Lab; Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5310 USA; tel: 435-797-3879 FAX: 435-797-0461; http://www.LoganBeeLab.usu.edu/

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[RK]

Hämet-Ahti, L., Suominen, J., Ulvinen, T. & Uotila, P. (eds), 1998; Retkeilykasvio (Field Flora of Finland); Ed. 4. 656 pp.; Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museum. Helsinki

[RUNEBERG]

Project Runeberg: Nordic literature online; Project Runeberg; Bilder ur Nordens Fauna (Carl Axel Magnus Lindman)

[SK]

Mela, A. J., Cajander, A. K., 1906; Suomen Kasvio; Viides painos

[USGS]

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center; http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/index.htm

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Keep in mind that the taxononic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.