Mentha spicata L.
(Spear Mint)

Interactions where Mentha spicata 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 parasitised by UK/Ireland Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat. a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat./Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat.a powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha spicata/Mentha spicataspear mintlive parasitises live
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Major Phytomyza petoei a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza petoei/Phytomyza petoeia leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha spicata/Mentha spicataspear mintleaf-mineMajor puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf leaf is mined by larva Major Phytomyza petoei a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza petoei/Phytomyza petoeia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha spicata/Mentha spicataspear mintleafMajor larva mines leaf
leaf leaf may have puparium Major Phytomyza petoei a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza petoei/Phytomyza petoeia leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha spicata/Mentha spicataspear mintleafMajor puparium may be found on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza tetrasticha a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza tetrasticha/Phytomyza tetrastichaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha spicata/Mentha spicataspear mintleaf larva mines leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia lamii var lamii an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia lamii var. lamii/Ramularia lamii var. lamiian anamorphic fungusamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to densecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha spicata/Mentha spicataspear mintliveleaf amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by pycnium Major Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rustpycnium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha spicata/Mentha spicataspear mintlive, elongatedshootMajor pycnium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by aecium Major Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rustaecium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha spicata/Mentha spicataspear mintlive, elongatedshootMajor aecium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by uredium Major Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rusturedium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha spicata/Mentha spicataspear mintlive, elongatedshootMajor uredium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by telium Major Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rusttelium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha spicata/Mentha spicataspear mintlive, elongatedshootMajor telium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Mentha spicata (Spear Mint) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMentha spicata (Spear Mint)
GenusMentha (mints)
FamilyLAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
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 Mentha spicata (Spear Mint)

Mentha spicata (Spear Mint) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mentha spicata (Spear Mint):

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