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COREOPSIS. Large-flowered Tickseed [Asteraceae]

Four species of Coreopsis are recorded in Britain, all introduced. These include Large-flowered Tickseed (C. grandiflora), Garden Tickseed (C. tinctoria), Whorled Tickseed (C. verticillata) and C. nuecensis. The polyphagous agromyzid Liromyza strigata is recorded on Coreopsis in Britain. See BIDENS. Elsewhere the polyphagous agromyzids Chromatomyia horticola, Chromatomyia syngenesiae and Liromyza strigata are recorded mining Coreopsis. No non-dipterous miners are recorded on Coreopsis in Britain.

Last updated 26-Feb-2008  Brian Pitkin

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