Pimpinella major (L.) Huds.
(Greater Burnet-saxifrage)

Interactions where Pimpinella major 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').

Filters:

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
(live)		live is parasitised by pycnium			Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia pimpinellae/	Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella major/	Pimpinella major	greater burnet-saxifrage		live						pycnium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia pimpinellae/	Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella major/	Pimpinella major	greater burnet-saxifrage		live						uredium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia pimpinellae/	Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella major/	Pimpinella major	greater burnet-saxifrage		live						telium parasitises live
leaf (esp. nerve) (live)		live leaf (esp. nerve) is parasitised by hypophyllous aecium			Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia pimpinellae/	Puccinia pimpinellae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella major/	Pimpinella major	greater burnet-saxifrage		live	leaf (esp. nerve)					hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf (esp. nerve)
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Phytomyza adjuncta	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza adjuncta/	Phytomyza adjuncta	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella major/	Pimpinella major	greater burnet-saxifrage			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Phytomyza pimpinellae	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza pimpinellae/	Phytomyza pimpinellae	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella major/	Pimpinella major	greater burnet-saxifrage			leaf		Sole			larva mines leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is mined by larva			Euleia heraclei	Common Umbel Leaf-miner, Celery Fly, Celery Leaf Miner	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euleia heraclei/	Euleia heraclei	common umbel leaf-miner, celery fly, celery leaf miner				larva	Foodplant / miner		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella major/	Pimpinella major	greater burnet-saxifrage		live	leaf					larva mines live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous colony of sporangium			Plasmopara crustosa	Umbellifer Downy Mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Plasmopara crustosa/	Plasmopara crustosa	umbellifer downy mildew		hypophyllous	colony	sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella major/	Pimpinella major	greater burnet-saxifrage		live	leaf					hypophyllous colony of sporangium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia libanotidis emend U. Braun	(An Anamorphic Fungus)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia libanotidis emend U. Braun/	Ramularia libanotidis emend U. Braun	(an anamorphic fungus)		mostly hypophyllous	colony	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella major/	Pimpinella major	greater burnet-saxifrage		live	leaf					mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
mericarp (fallen)		fallen mericarp may be infected and damaged by stalked synnema of Symphyosira anamorph			Symphyosira rosea	an anamorphic fungus	Helotiales: Helotiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Symphyosira rosea/	Symphyosira rosea	an anamorphic fungus		stalked	synnema	Symphyosira anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Pimpinella major/	Pimpinella major	greater burnet-saxifrage		fallen	mericarp					stalked synnema of Symphyosira anamorph infects and damages fallen mericarp

Pimpinella major (Greater Burnet-saxifrage) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pimpinella
(burnet-saxifrages)

APIACEAE
(umbellifers)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Tall Woody Herbs
(tall woody herbs)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
White, I.M., 1988	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pimpinella major (Greater Burnet-saxifrage)
Genus	Pimpinella (burnet-saxifrages)
Family	APIACEAE (umbellifers)
Order	APIALES (umbellifers, ivies and pennyworts)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Pimpinella major is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Apiaceae)
Tall Woody Herbs - tall woody herbs (via Apiaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pimpinella major (Greater Burnet-saxifrage)

Pimpinella major (Greater Burnet-saxifrage) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

APIACEAE
(umbellifers)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pimpinella major (Greater Burnet-saxifrage):

APIACEAE
(umbellifers)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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