Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench
(Water Chickweed)

Interactions where Myosoton aquaticum 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
anther (live) live anther may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Microbotryum stellariae Chickweed Anther Smut Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae 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/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum stellariae/Microbotryum stellariaechickweed anther smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Myosoton aquaticum/Myosoton aquaticumwater chickweedliveanther embedded sorus infects and damages live anther
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera diversipunctata a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera (Boreohypera) diversipunctata/Hypera (Boreohypera) diversipunctataa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Myosoton aquaticum/Myosoton aquaticumwater chickweedleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is parasitised by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta anisomera a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta anisomera/Ascochyta anisomeraa coelomycetepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Myosoton aquaticum/Myosoton aquaticumwater chickweedfadingleaf (8)pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph parasitises fading leaf

Myosoton aquaticum (Water Chickweed) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungiMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMyosoton aquaticum (Water Chickweed)
FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
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 Myosoton aquaticum (Water Chickweed)

Myosoton aquaticum (Water Chickweed) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Myosoton aquaticum (Water Chickweed):

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