Ficus elastica
(Rubber Plant)

Interactions where Ficus elastica 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
may be infected and damaged by gregarious, immersed pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foreign Diaporthe cinerascens Fig Canker Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe cinerascens/Diaporthe cinerascensfig cankergregarious, immersedpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus elastica/Ficus elasticarubber plant (spring, summer)gregarious, immersed pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages
leaf (live, rolled) live, rolled leaf is galled by UK/Ireland Gynaikothrips ficorum a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Gynaikothrips ficorum/Gynaikothrips ficoruma thrips Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus elastica/Ficus elasticarubber plantlive, rolledleaf causes gall of live, rolled leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Ficus elastica (Rubber Plant) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFicus elastica (Rubber Plant)
GenusFicus (figs)
FamilyMORACEAE (mulberries, figs)
OrderROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Ficus elastica (Rubber Plant) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ficus elastica (Rubber Plant):

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