Persicaria lapathifolia (L.) Delarbre
(Pale Persicaria)

Interactions where Persicaria lapathifolia 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 quadricorniger a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Pelenomus quadricorniger/Pelenomus quadricornigera weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria lapathifolia/Persicaria lapathifoliapale persicaria larva feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Erysiphe polygoni a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe polygoni/Erysiphe polygonia powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria lapathifolia/Persicaria lapathifoliapale persicarialive conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Erysiphe polygoni a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe polygoni/Erysiphe polygonia powdery mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria lapathifolia/Persicaria lapathifoliapale persicarialive cleistothecium parasitises live
flower (live, swollen, deformed) live, swollen, deformed flower is galled by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Microbotryum reticulatum a microbotryan smut Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum reticulatum/Microbotryum reticulatuma microbotryan smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria lapathifolia/Persicaria lapathifoliapale persicarialive, swollen, deformedflower (8-10)embedded sorus causes gall of live, swollen, deformed flower
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 lapathifolia/Persicaria lapathifoliapale persicariainflorescencestunted causes gall of inflorescence of stunted
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 lapathifolia/Persicaria lapathifoliapale persicarialiveleaf 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/Ireland Septoria polygonorum a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae 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/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria polygonorum/Septoria polygonoruma leaf-spot fungusepiphyllous, immersedpycnidium Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria lapathifolia/Persicaria lapathifoliapale persicarialiveleaf (7-10)epiphyllous, immersed pycnidium causes spots on live leaf
ovary (live) live ovary may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Microbotryum reticulatum a microbotryan 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
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum reticulatum/Microbotryum reticulatuma microbotryan smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria lapathifolia/Persicaria lapathifoliapale persicarialiveovary embedded sorus infects and damages live ovary
ovary (live) live ovary may be infected and damaged by sorus Sphacelotheca hydropiperis a microbotryan smut Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Sphacelotheca hydropiperis/Sphacelotheca hydropiperisa microbotryan smutsorus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria lapathifolia/Persicaria lapathifoliapale persicarialiveovary (8-9)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 lapathifolia/Persicaria lapathifoliapale persicariastemstunted 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
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
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 lapathifolia (Pale Persicaria) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPersicaria lapathifolia (Pale Persicaria)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Persicaria lapathifolia (Pale Persicaria)

Persicaria lapathifolia (Pale Persicaria) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Persicaria lapathifolia (Pale Persicaria):

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