Lythrum portula (L.) D.A. Webb
(Water-purslane)

Interactions where Lythrum portula 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
is foodplant of larva Pelenomus olssoni a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Pelenomus olssoni/Pelenomus olssonia weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum portula/Lythrum portulawater-purslane larva feeds on
stem (secondary) stem (secondary) is galled by larva Restricted Dieckmanniellus gracilis a seed weevil Coleoptera: Nanophyidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nanophyidae/Dieckmanniellus gracilis/Dieckmanniellus gracilisa seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum portula/Lythrum portulawater-purslanestem (secondary)Sole larva causes gall of stem (secondary)

Lythrum portula (Water-purslane) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLythrum portula (Water-purslane)
GenusLythrum (a genus of Lythraceae)
FamilyLYTHRACEAE (purple loosestrife and water purslane)
OrderMYRTALES (willowherbs, loosestrifes, gums and tea-trees)
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 Lythrum portula (Water-purslane)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
in the hand () Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest
Poland, J. 2007 Maddening Mimics: a belated reply BSBI News 106: 4-6.

Lythrum portula (Water-purslane) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lythrum portula (Water-purslane):

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