Medicago (medicks)

Interactions where Medicago 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 State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	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	Season	Summary
	is foodplant of larva	Sitona gemellatus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona gemellatus/	Sitona gemellatus	a weevil			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks							larva feeds on
	is foodplant of larva	Sitona humeralis	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona humeralis/	Sitona humeralis	a weevil			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks					Major		larva feeds on
	is foodplant of larva	Sitona macularius	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona macularius/	Sitona macularius	a weevil			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks							larva feeds on
	is foodplant of larva	Sitona sulcifrons	a clover weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona sulcifrons/	Sitona sulcifrons	a clover weevil			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks							larva feeds on
	is foodplant of larva	Tychius junceus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Tychius junceus/	Tychius junceus	a weevil			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks							larva feeds on
	has sap sucked by	Bathysolen nubilus	a squashbug	Hemiptera: Coreidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Bathysolen nubilus/	Bathysolen nubilus	a squashbug				Foodplant / sap sucker		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks							sucks sap of
(live)	live plant may be infected and damaged by buried sclerotium	Sclerotinia trifoliorum	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Sclerotinia trifoliorum, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia trifoliorum/	Sclerotinia trifoliorum	a discomycete	buried		sclerotium	Foodplant / pathogen		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks		live		plant			buried sclerotium infects and damages live plant
bud (vegetative	bud (vegetative is foodplant of larva	Holotrichapion pisi	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Holotrichapion pisi/	Holotrichapion pisi	a seed weevil			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks			bud (vegetative			(late Autumn)	larva feeds on bud (vegetative
bud	bud is foodplant of larva	Protapion filirostre	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Protapion filirostre/	Protapion filirostre	a seed weevil			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks			bud				larva feeds on bud
inflorescence	inflorescence is galled by larva	Contarinia medicaginis	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Contarinia medicaginis/	Contarinia medicaginis	a gall midge			larva	Foodplant / gall		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks			inflorescence				larva causes gall of inflorescence
leaf	leaf is grazed by	Brachypera zoilus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Brachypera zoilus/	Brachypera zoilus	a weevil				Foodplant / open feeder	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks	?		leaf				grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Hypera melancholica	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera melancholica/	Hypera melancholica	a weevil			larva	Foodplant / open feeder	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks			leaf				larva grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by	Hypera meles	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera meles/	Hypera meles	a weevil				Foodplant / open feeder	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks	?		leaf				grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Hypera postica	Clover Leaf Weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera postica/	Hypera postica	clover leaf weevil			larva	Foodplant / open feeder	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks			leaf				larva grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Agromyza nana	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza nana/	Agromyza nana	a leaf-mining fly			larva	Foodplant / miner		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks			leaf		Major		larva mines leaf
root	root is foodplant of larva	Sitona hispidulus	Clover-root Weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona hispidulus/	Sitona hispidulus	clover-root weevil			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks			root				larva feeds on root
root (white, rotting)	white, rotting root is decayed by grouped, thinly subiculate perithecium	Rosellinia necatrix	White Root Rot - causative organism	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Rosellinia necatrix/	Rosellinia necatrix	white root rot (causative organism)	grouped, thinly subiculate		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks		white, rotting	root				grouped, thinly subiculate perithecium is saprobic on white, rotting root
root (white, rotting)	white, rotting root is decayed by Dermatophora dematiaceous anamorph	Rosellinia necatrix	White Root Rot - causative organism	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Rosellinia necatrix/	Rosellinia necatrix	white root rot (causative organism)			Dermatophora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks		white, rotting	root				Dermatophora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on white, rotting root
seed (shrivelled, spore ball-filled)	shrivelled, spore ball-filled seed may be infected and damaged by sorus	Thecaphora deformans	a seed smut fungus	Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora deformans/	Thecaphora deformans	a seed smut fungus			sorus	Foodplant / pathogen	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks		shrivelled, spore ball-filled	seed				sorus infects and damages shrivelled, spore ball-filled seed
shoot	shoot is galled by larva	Dasineura medicaginis	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura medicaginis/	Dasineura medicaginis	a gall midge			larva	Foodplant / gall		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks			shoot				larva causes gall of shoot
stem	stem may contain larva	Catapion seniculus	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Catapion seniculus/	Catapion seniculus	a seed weevil			larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks	?		stem				larva feeds within stem
stem	stem may contain larva	Stenopterapion tenue	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Stenopterapion tenue/	Stenopterapion tenue	a seed weevil			larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks			stem				larva feeds within stem
stem	stem is parasitised by haustorium	Cuscuta campestris	Yellow Dodder	Solanales: Convolvulaceae	Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Convolvulaceae/Cuscuta campestris/	Cuscuta campestris	yellow dodder		haustorium		Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/	Medicago	medicks			stem		Major		haustorium parasitises stem

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Medicago arabica Spotted Medick	Species		7 trophisms
Medicago lupulina Black Medick	Species		26 trophisms	1 references
Medicago orbicularis Button Medick	Species		1 trophisms
Medicago polymorpha Toothed Medick	Species		5 trophisms	1 references
Medicago praecox Early Medick	Species			2 references
Medicago sativa Lucerne, Medick, Alfalfa	Species	2 subtaxa	37 trophisms

Genus	Medicago (medicks)
Subfamily	FABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
Family	FABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
Order	FABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Medicago L.
(medicks)

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

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Identification Works

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985	Flora of the British Isles	3 edition, 688pp, Cambridge University Press
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Morris, M.G., 1990	Orthocerous Weevils	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 1997	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi	Mycologist 20 (3): 90-96.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	Sclerotinia trifoliorum	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1084.