Iris foetidissima L.
(Stinking Iris)

Interactions where Iris foetidissima 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 foodplant of larva Mononychus punctumalbum Iris Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Mononychus punctumalbum/Mononychus punctumalbumiris weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris foetidissima/Iris foetidissimastinking irislive larva feeds on live
flowering shoot (old, dead) old, dead flowering shoot is decayed by becoming erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Phomopsis iridis a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis iridis/Phomopsis iridisa coelomycetebecoming erumpentpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris foetidissima/Iris foetidissimastinking irisold, deadflowering shoot becoming erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on old, dead flowering shoot
leaf leaf may house puparium UK/IrelandMajor Cerodontha iridis an iris leaf-miner Diptera: Agromyzidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha iridis/Cerodontha iridisan iris leaf-minerpuparium Plant / resting place / withinUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris foetidissima/Iris foetidissimastinking irisleafMajor (early autumn)puparium may be found in leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Paraphaeosphaeria vectis a fungus Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Montagnulaceae/Paraphaeosphaeria vectis/Paraphaeosphaeria vectisa fungusimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris foetidissima/Iris foetidissimastinking irisdeadleaf immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by communal larva UK/IrelandMajor Cerodontha iridis an iris leaf-miner Diptera: Agromyzidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha iridis/Cerodontha iridisan iris leaf-minercommunallarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris foetidissima/Iris foetidissimastinking irisliveleafMajor (early autumn)communal larva mines live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Puccinia iridis Iris Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia iridis/Puccinia iridisiris rustamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris foetidissima/Iris foetidissimastinking irisliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia iridis Iris Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia iridis/Puccinia iridisiris rusthypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris foetidissima/Iris foetidissimastinking irisliveleaf hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Iris foetidissima (Stinking Iris) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIris foetidissima (Stinking Iris)
SubgenusIris (Limniris) (beardless rhizomatous irises)
GenusIris (irises)
FamilyIRIDACEAE (corms)
OrderASPARAGALES (orchids, daffodils, onions & irises)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Iris foetidissima (Stinking Iris)

Iris foetidissima (Stinking Iris) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Iris foetidissima (Stinking Iris):

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