Nymphaea alba L.
(White Water-lily)

Interactions where Nymphaea alba 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
is foodplant of larva Questionable Donacia crassipes Water-lily Reed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia crassipes/Donacia crassipeswater-lily reed beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaea alba/Nymphaea albawhite water-lily? larva feeds on
leaf (upper surface) leaf (upper surface) is grazed by adult Donacia crassipes Water-lily Reed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia crassipes/Donacia crassipeswater-lily reed beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaea alba/Nymphaea albawhite water-lilyleaf (upper surface) (end 5-7(-8)adult grazes on leaf (upper surface)
leaf leaf may have adult Donacia versicolorea a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia versicolorea/Donacia versicoloreaa reed beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaea alba/Nymphaea albawhite water-lilyleaf (5-)7-8(-10)adult may be found on leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phyllosticta hydrophila a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta hydrophila/Phyllosticta hydrophilaa coelomycetepycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaea alba/Nymphaea albawhite water-lilyfadingleaf (8)pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live, floating) live, floating leaf is parasitised by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Rhamphospora nymphaeae Water-lily Smut Doassansiales: Rhamphosporaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Doassansiales/Rhamphosporaceae/Rhamphospora nymphaeae/Rhamphospora nymphaeaewater-lily smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaea alba/Nymphaea albawhite water-lilylive, floatingleaf embedded sorus parasitises live, floating leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Galerucella nymphaeae Water-lily Leaf Beetle, Water-lily Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella nymphaeae/Galerucella nymphaeaewater-lily leaf beetle, water-lily beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaea alba/Nymphaea albawhite water-lilyliveleaf larva grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Galerucella nymphaeae Water-lily Leaf Beetle, Water-lily Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella nymphaeae/Galerucella nymphaeaewater-lily leaf beetle, water-lily beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaea alba/Nymphaea albawhite water-lilyliveleaf adult grazes on live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
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

Nymphaea alba (White Water-lily) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNymphaea alba (White Water-lily)
GenusNymphaea (water lilies)
FamilyNYMPHAEACEAE (water lilies)
OrderNYMPHAEALES (water lilies and water shields)
SubclassPRE-DICOTS (primitive angiosperms)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Nymphaea alba (White Water-lily)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

Nymphaea alba (White Water-lily) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Nymphaea alba (White Water-lily):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 22 images of Nymphaea alba (White Water-lily)
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