Atriplex L.
(oraches)

Interactions where Atriplex 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').

Filters:

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
is foodplant of larva Curtonotus convexiusculus a ground beetle Coleoptera: Carabidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Curtonotus convexiusculus/Curtonotus convexiusculusa ground beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex/Atriplexoraches larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Gronops inaequalis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Gronops inaequalis/Gronops inaequalisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex/Atriplexoraches larva feeds on
is foodplant of UK/IrelandMajor Orthotylus flavosparsus a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus/Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsusa plantbug or grassbug Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex/AtriplexorachesMajor feeds on
leaf leaf is galled by Hayhurstia atriplicis an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Hayhurstia atriplicis/Hayhurstia atriplicisan aphid Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex/Atriplexorachesleaf causes gall of leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by Foreign Physoderma pulposum 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 pulposum/Physoderma pulposuma chytridiomycete fungus Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex/Atriplexorachesliveleaf causes gall of live leaf
stem stem may contain larva UK/Ireland Lixus scabricollis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Lixus scabricollis/Lixus scabricollisa weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex/Atriplexorachesstem larva feeds within stem
tap-root (upper part) tap-root (upper part) is galled by larva Foreign Bothynoderes affinis 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/Bothynoderes affinis/Bothynoderes affinisa weevillarva Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex/Atriplexorachestap-root (upper part) larva causes gall of tap-root (upper part)

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
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
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Atriplex (oraches) 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 hybrid 1 references
Species hybrid 1 references
Species 2 trophisms
Species hybrid 1 references
Species 1 references
Species 5 trophisms
Species 15 trophisms 4 references
Species 2 references
Species 8 trophisms
Species aggregate 2 trophisms
Species hybrid 1 references
Species hybrid 1 references
Species hybrid 2 subtaxa 2 references
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAtriplex (oraches)
FamilyAMARANTHACEAE (goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
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 Atriplex (oraches)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Rand, M. 2010 A guide to pigweeds, goosefoots, oraches and their relatives in Hampshire: the family Amaranthaceae (formerly Amaranthaceae and Chenopodiaceae). http://hantsplants.org.uk/articles.php
Taschereau, P.M. 1985 Taxonomy of Atriplex species indigenous to the British Isles Watsonia Vol 15: 183-209.

Hybrids

Taschereau, P.M. 1986 Hybridization in the genus Atriplex section Teutliopsis (Chenopodiaceae) Watsonia Vol 16: 153-162.

Atriplex (oraches) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon Atriplex Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Atriplex (oraches):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 183 images of Atriplex (oraches)

The presence of fully developed bracteoles and fruit, needed for identiifcation, is generally limited to mid-August to late September.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Richards, J., 2015Identification of Atriplex praecox (Early Orache)BSBI News No. 128: 13-14, rear inner cover.
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