Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Delarbre
(Water-pepper)

Interactions where Persicaria hydropiper 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 Pelenomus waltoni a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Pelenomus waltoni/Pelenomus waltonia weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria hydropiper/Persicaria hydropiperwater-pepper larva feeds on
inflorescence inflorescence of stunted is galled by Foreign Melanopsichium nepalense a galling smut fungus Ustilaginales: Melanopsichiaceae Melanopsichium (Ustilaginales), a genus new to the British Isles, Spooner, B.M., 1985
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Melanopsichiaceae/Melanopsichium nepalense/Melanopsichium nepalensea galling smut fungus Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria hydropiper/Persicaria hydropiperwater-pepperinflorescencestunted causes gall of inflorescence of stunted
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish-white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph ForeignXenophagous Ramularia rubella an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia rubella/Ramularia rubellaan anamorphic fungusamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish-whitecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria hydropiper/Persicaria hydropiperwater-pepperliveleafXenophagous amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish-white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia rufomaculans (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia rufomaculans/Ramularia rufomaculans(an anamorphic fungus)amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffusecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria hydropiper/Persicaria hydropiperwater-pepperliveleaf amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, immersed pycnidium UK/IrelandMinor Septoria polygonorum a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria polygonorum/Septoria polygonoruma leaf-spot fungusepiphyllous, immersedpycnidium Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria hydropiper/Persicaria hydropiperwater-pepperliveleafMinor (7-10)epiphyllous, immersed pycnidium causes spots on live leaf
ovary (live, swollen, deformed) live, swollen, deformed ovary is galled by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Microbotryum cordae a microbotryan smut Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
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 cordae/Microbotryum cordaea microbotryan smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria hydropiper/Persicaria hydropiperwater-pepperlive, swollen, deformedovary (8-10)embedded sorus causes gall of live, swollen, deformed ovary
ovary (live) live ovary may be infected and damaged by sorus Major Sphacelotheca hydropiperis a microbotryan smut Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Sphacelotheca hydropiperis, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Sphacelotheca hydropiperis/Sphacelotheca hydropiperisa microbotryan smutsorus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria hydropiper/Persicaria hydropiperwater-pepperliveovaryMajor (9-10)sorus infects and damages live ovary
stem stem of stunted is galled by Foreign Melanopsichium nepalense a galling smut fungus Ustilaginales: Melanopsichiaceae Melanopsichium (Ustilaginales), a genus new to the British Isles, Spooner, B.M., 1985
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Melanopsichiaceae/Melanopsichium nepalense/Melanopsichium nepalensea galling smut fungus Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria hydropiper/Persicaria hydropiperwater-pepperstemstunted causes gall of stem of stunted

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
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
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
Mordue, J.E.M., 1991Sphacelotheca hydropiperisI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1095.
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungiMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.
Spooner, B.M., 1985Melanopsichium (Ustilaginales), a genus new to the British IslesTBMS Vol 85 (3): 540-544.

Persicaria hydropiper (Water-pepper) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPersicaria hydropiper (Water-pepper)
GenusPersicaria (knotweeds)
FamilyPOLYGONACEAE (docks and knotgrasses)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
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Persicaria hydropiper (Water-pepper) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Persicaria hydropiper (Water-pepper):

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