Mercurialis annua L.
(Annual Mercury)

Interactions where Mercurialis annua 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
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph Cercospora mercurialis a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora mercurialis/Cercospora mercurialisa dematiaceous anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyCercospora dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis annua/Mercurialis annuaannual mercuryliveleaf (8-9)amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, often circinate, elongate and confluent aecium UK/Ireland Melampsora rostrupii Dog’s Mercury Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/Melampsora rostrupiidog's mercury rusthypophyllous, often circinate, elongate and confluentaecium Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis annua/Mercurialis annuaannual mercuryliveleaf (4-6)hypophyllous, often circinate, elongate and confluent aecium causes spots on live leaf
stem node stem node may contain larva Kalcapion semivittatum 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/Kalcapion semivittatum/Kalcapion semivittatuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis annua/Mercurialis annuaannual mercurystem node larva feeds within stem node
stem (live) live stem is spotted by elongate and confluent, clustered aecium UK/Ireland Melampsora rostrupii Dog’s Mercury Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora rostrupii/Melampsora rostrupiidog's mercury rustelongate and confluent, clusteredaecium Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Mercurialis annua/Mercurialis annuaannual mercurylivestem (4-6)elongate and confluent, clustered aecium causes spots on live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Storey, M.W., 2015Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guidewww.bioimages.org.uk

Mercurialis annua (Annual Mercury) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMercurialis annua (Annual Mercury)
GenusMercurialis (mercuries)
FamilyEUPHORBIACEAE (spurges)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
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 Mercurialis annua (Annual Mercury)

Mercurialis annua (Annual Mercury) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mercurialis annua (Annual Mercury):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 10 images of Mercurialis annua (Annual Mercury)

Our UK plant is diploid and dioecious, but recently monoecious plants have been found in Plymouth. These may be the hexaploid form from Portugal or Spain.

Thanks to Dave Fenwick for this info.

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