Melampyrum L.
(cow-wheats)

Interactions where Melampyrum 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
has sap sucked by adult Questionable Adomerus biguttatus Cow Wheat Shieldbug Hemiptera: Cydnidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Adomerus biguttatus/Adomerus biguttatuscow wheat shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/Melampyrumcow-wheats? adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Questionable Adomerus biguttatus Cow Wheat Shieldbug Hemiptera: Cydnidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Adomerus biguttatus/Adomerus biguttatuscow wheat shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/Melampyrumcow-wheats? nymph sucks sap of
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium Cronartium flaccidum Scots Pine Blister Rust, Pine Resin-top Rust Pucciniales: Cronartiaceae Chrysomyxa abietis, Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Cronartiaceae/Cronartium flaccidum/Cronartium flaccidumScots pine blister rust, pine resin-top rusthypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/Melampyrumcow-wheatsliveleaf hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, pustular telium Cronartium flaccidum Scots Pine Blister Rust, Pine Resin-top Rust Pucciniales: Cronartiaceae Chrysomyxa abietis, Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Cronartiaceae/Cronartium flaccidum/Cronartium flaccidumScots pine blister rust, pine resin-top rusthypophyllous, pustulartelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/Melampyrumcow-wheatsliveleaf hypophyllous, pustular telium parasitises live leaf
peduncle (dead, blackened) dead, blackened peduncle is decayed by scattered, covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Diaporthe desmazieri a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe desmazieri/Diaporthe desmazieria pyrenomycetescattered, covered then erumpentpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/Melampyrumcow-wheatsdead, blackenedpeduncle (5)scattered, covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, blackened peduncle
peduncle (dead, blackened) dead, blackened peduncle is decayed by perithecium Diaporthe desmazieri a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe desmazieri/Diaporthe desmazieria pyrenomyceteperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/Melampyrumcow-wheatsdead, blackenedpeduncle (5)perithecium is saprobic on dead, blackened peduncle
stem (dead, blackened) dead, blackened stem is decayed by scattered, covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Diaporthe desmazieri a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe desmazieri/Diaporthe desmazieria pyrenomycetescattered, covered then erumpentpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/Melampyrumcow-wheatsdead, blackenedstem (5)scattered, covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, blackened stem
stem (dead, blackened) dead, blackened stem is decayed by perithecium Diaporthe desmazieri a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe desmazieri/Diaporthe desmazieria pyrenomyceteperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/Melampyrumcow-wheatsdead, blackenedstem (5)perithecium is saprobic on dead, blackened stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978Chrysomyxa abietisI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 576.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Melampyrum (cow-wheats) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 4 trophisms 1 references
Species 2 trophisms
Species 9 trophisms 1 references
Species 9 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMelampyrum (cow-wheats)
FamilyOROBANCHACEAE (eyebrights, cow-wheats, louseworts & broomrapes)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Melampyrum (cow-wheats)

Melampyrum (cow-wheats) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Melampyrum (cow-wheats):

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