Delphinium L.
(delphiniums)

Interactions where Delphinium is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 foodplant of Phytonemus pallidus Cyclamen Mite Trombidiformes: Tarsonemidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tarsonemidae/Phytonemus pallidus/Phytonemus palliduscyclamen mite Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumslive feeds on live
(live) live is parasitised by Erysiphe aquilegiae var ranunculi a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculi/Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculia powdery mildew Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumslive parasitises live
crown (live, rotting) live, rotting crown may be infected and damaged by abundant pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph Diplodina a form genus of coelomycetes Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Diplodina/Diplodinaa form genus of coelomycetesabundantpycnidiumDiplodina coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumslive, rottingcrown abundant pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live, rotting crown
crown (rotting) rotting crown may be infected and damaged by sclerotial colony Sclerotium delphinii a basidiomycete Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Sclerotium delphinii/Sclerotium delphiniia basidiomycetesclerotialcolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumsrottingcrown sclerotial colony infects and damages rotting crown
flower bud (live) live flower bud may be infected and damaged by colony Major Pseudomonas syringae pv. delphinii Delphinium Black Blotch - causative organism Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceaea Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Proteobacteria/Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonadaceaea/Pseudomonas syringae pv. delphinii/Pseudomonas syringae pv. delphiniiDelphinium black blotch (causative organism)colony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumsliveflower budMajor colony infects and damages live flower bud
leaf (petiole) (live) live leaf (petiole) may be infected and damaged by colony Major Pseudomonas syringae pv. delphinii Delphinium Black Blotch - causative organism Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceaea Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Proteobacteria/Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonadaceaea/Pseudomonas syringae pv. delphinii/Pseudomonas syringae pv. delphiniiDelphinium black blotch (causative organism)colony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumsliveleaf (petiole)Major colony infects and damages live leaf (petiole)
leaf leaf is mined by communal larva Phytomyza aconiti a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza aconiti/Phytomyza aconitia leaf-mining flycommunallarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumsleaf communal larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Minor Nematus caeruleocarpus a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Nematus (Nematus) caeruleocarpus/Nematus (Nematus) caeruleocarpusa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/DelphiniumdelphiniumsleafMinor larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf may be infected and damaged by abundant pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph Diplodina a form genus of coelomycetes Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Diplodina/Diplodinaa form genus of coelomycetesabundantpycnidiumDiplodina coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumsleaf abundant pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages leaf
leaf (limp, discoloured) limp, discoloured leaf may be infected and damaged by Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi Chrysanthemum Eelworm, Leaf and Bud Eelworm Aphelenchida: Aphelenchoididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Aphelenchida/Aphelenchoididae/Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi/Aphelenchoides ritzemabosichrysanthemum eelworm, leaf and bud eelworm Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumslimp, discolouredleaf infects and damages limp, discoloured leaf
leaf (live, yellowed) live, yellowed leaf may be infected and damaged by Cucumber Mosaic virus a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Cucumber Mosaic virus/Cucumber Mosaic virusa phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumslive, yellowedleaf infects and damages live, yellowed leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by colony Major Pseudomonas syringae pv. delphinii Delphinium Black Blotch - causative organism Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceaea Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Proteobacteria/Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonadaceaea/Pseudomonas syringae pv. delphinii/Pseudomonas syringae pv. delphiniiDelphinium black blotch (causative organism)colony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/DelphiniumdelphiniumsliveleafMajor colony infects and damages live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by caterpillar Polychrysia moneta Golden Plusia, Delphinium Moth Lepidoptera: Noctuidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumsliveleaf (summer)caterpillar grazes on live leaf
petiole (lesioned) lesioned petiole may be infected and damaged by abundant pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph Diplodina a form genus of coelomycetes Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Diplodina/Diplodinaa form genus of coelomycetesabundantpycnidiumDiplodina coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumslesionedpetiole abundant pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages lesioned petiole
root root may be infected and damaged by Major Pratylenchus root-lesion eelworms Tylenchida: Pratylenchidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Pratylenchidae/Pratylenchus/Pratylenchusroot-lesion eelworms Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/DelphiniumdelphiniumsrootMajor infects and damages root
shoot (young) (live, spun-together) live, spun-together shoot (young) is spun by caterpillar Polychrysia moneta Golden Plusia, Delphinium Moth Lepidoptera: Noctuidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar Foodplant / spinner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumslive, spun-togethershoot (young) (spring)caterpillar spins live, spun-together shoot (young)
stem (base) (dry, brittle) dry, brittle stem (base) may be infected and damaged by abundant, sessile sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph Minor Myrothecium roridum Viola Stem Rot - causative organism Hypocreales Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Myrothecium roridum/Myrothecium roridumviola stem rot - causative organismabundant, sessilesporodochiumMyrothecium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumsdry, brittlestem (base)Minor abundant, sessile sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages dry, brittle stem (base)
stem (esp. base) stem (esp. base) may be infected and damaged by abundant pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph Diplodina passerinii a coelomycete Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Diplodina passerinii/Diplodina passeriniia coelomyceteabundantpycnidiumDiplodina coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumsstem (esp. base) (5-9)abundant pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages stem (esp. base)
stem stem is foodplant of gregarious pycnidium of Macrophoma coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Macrophoma xanthina a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Macrophoma xanthina/Macrophoma xanthinaa coelomycetegregariouspycnidiumMacrophoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumsstem gregarious pycnidium of Macrophoma coelomycetous anamorph feeds on stem
stem (lesioned) lesioned stem may be infected and damaged by abundant pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph Diplodina a form genus of coelomycetes Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Diplodina/Diplodinaa form genus of coelomycetesabundantpycnidiumDiplodina coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumslesionedstem abundant pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages lesioned stem
stem (live) live stem may be infected and damaged by colony Major Pseudomonas syringae pv. delphinii Delphinium Black Blotch - causative organism Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceaea Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Proteobacteria/Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonadaceaea/Pseudomonas syringae pv. delphinii/Pseudomonas syringae pv. delphiniiDelphinium black blotch (causative organism)colony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/DelphiniumdelphiniumslivestemMajor colony infects and damages live stem
stem (old) old stem may house hibernating caterpillar (young) Polychrysia moneta Golden Plusia, Delphinium Moth Lepidoptera: Noctuidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar (young) Plant / hibernates / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumsoldstem caterpillar (young) hibernates inside old stem

Delphinium (delphiniums) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1958Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(c), 252pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Subtaxon Rank Featured
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references
Delphinium elatum
Alpine Delphinium
Species 3 trophisms
Delphinium pyramidale
a delphinium
Species 1 trophisms
Delphinium scopulorum
a delphinium
Species 2 trophisms
Delphinium x cultorum
garden delphinium
Species hybrid 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusDelphinium (delphiniums)
FamilyRANUNCULACEAE (buttercups, crowfoots)
OrderRANUNCULALES (buttercups, poppies and barberries)
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 Delphinium (delphiniums)

Delphinium (delphiniums) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Delphinium (delphiniums):

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