Centaurea macrocephala Muss. Puschk. ex Willd.
(Giant Knapweed)

Interactions where Centaurea macrocephala 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
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Golovinomyces cichoracearum a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cichoracearum/Golovinomyces cichoracearuma powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea macrocephala/Centaurea macrocephalagiant knapweedlive parasitises live
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia centaureae-scabiosae (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia centaureae-scabiosae/Ramularia centaureae-scabiosae(an anamorphic fungus)hypophyllouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea macrocephala/Centaurea macrocephalagiant knapweedliveleaf hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by usually hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia triboutiana an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia triboutiana/Ramularia triboutianaan anamorphic fungususually hypophyllouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea macrocephala/Centaurea macrocephalagiant knapweedliveleaf usually hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.

Centaurea macrocephala (Giant Knapweed) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCentaurea macrocephala (Giant Knapweed)
GenusCentaurea (knapweeds and star-thistles)
TribeCardueae (“thistles”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
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 Centaurea macrocephala (Giant Knapweed)

Centaurea macrocephala (Giant Knapweed) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Centaurea macrocephala (Giant Knapweed):

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