- Baccharis linearis
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Chilean Romerillo 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Tribe: Astereae Genus: Baccharis Species: B. linearis Binomial name Baccharis linearis
(Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.Synonyms Molina linearis Ruiz & Pav.
Chilean Romerillo (Baccharis linearis) is a common shrub in Central Chile. It is frequently found in old field after agriculture. Cecidia or galls caused by the fruit fly Rachiptera limbata grow as white, spongy and globose tissues on the twigs of the plant.
Gall on twigs of B linearis
Bibliography
- Aljaro ME et al. 1984. Life cycle of Rachiptera limbata (Diptera, Tephritidae) and its relationship with Baccharis linearis (Compositae).Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 57: 123.
- Holmgrem M. et al. Pl. ecology 147, 49 (2000)
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