[Centaurea nigra agg]
(lesser knapweeds)

Interactions where [Centaurea nigra agg] 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 Lixus pulverulentus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Lixus pulverulentus/Lixus pulverulentusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea nigra agg/Centaurea nigra agglesser knapweeds larva feeds on
is foodplant of Pseudorchestes pratensis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Pseudorchestes pratensis/Pseudorchestes pratensisa weevil Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea nigra agg/Centaurea nigra agglesser knapweeds feeds on
is foodplant of larva Ceratapion onopordi a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Ceratapion onopordi/Ceratapion onopordia seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea nigra agg/Centaurea nigra agglesser knapweeds larva feeds on

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

[Centaurea nigra agg] (lesser knapweeds) 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
Centaurea debeauxii
Chalk Knapweed, Slender Knapweed
Species 1 subtaxa 6 trophisms
Centaurea jacea
Brown Knapweed
Species 13 trophisms
Centaurea nigra x jacea = C. x moncktonii
hybrid knapweed
Species hybrid 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Centaurea nigra agg] (lesser knapweeds)
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)

[Centaurea nigra agg] (lesser knapweeds) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Marsden-Jones, E.M. & Turrill, W.B. 1954 British Knapweeds: a Study in Synthetic Taxonomy Vol 138, The Ray Society, London

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to [Centaurea nigra agg] (lesser knapweeds):

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