Polemonium caeruleum L.
(Jacob’S-ladder)

Interactions where Polemonium caeruleum 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
is foodplant of pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria polemonii a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria polemonii/Septoria polemoniia leaf-spot funguspycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Polemoniaceae/Polemonium caeruleum/Polemonium caeruleumJacob’s-ladder pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
is foodplant of pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phoma polemonii a coelomycete Pleosporales Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma polemonii/Phoma polemoniia coelomycetepycnidiumPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Polemoniaceae/Polemonium caeruleum/Polemonium caeruleumJacob’s-ladder pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Podosphaera polemonii a conidial powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae FRDBI Hosts, Cooper, J. & Kirk, P.M.
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera polemonii/Podosphaera polemoniia conidial powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Polemoniaceae/Polemonium caeruleum/Polemonium caeruleumJacob’s-ladderlive conidial anamorph parasitises live
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by amphigenous, loosely gregarious, immersed pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phyllosticta polemonii a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta polemonii/Phyllosticta polemoniia coelomyceteamphigenous, loosely gregarious, immersedpycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Polemoniaceae/Polemonium caeruleum/Polemonium caeruleumJacob’s-ladderfadingleaf (7-8)amphigenous, loosely gregarious, immersed pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
petiole (live) live petiole is parasitised by telium Puccinia polemonii Rusty Ladders, Jacob’s-ladder Rust 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 polemonii/Puccinia polemoniirusty ladders, Jacob's-ladder rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Polemoniaceae/Polemonium caeruleum/Polemonium caeruleumJacob’s-ladderlivepetiole telium parasitises live petiole

Polemonium caeruleum (Jacob’S-ladder) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Cooper, J. & Kirk, P.M.FRDBI Hostswww.fieldmycology.net/FRDBI/assoc.asp
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
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolemonium caeruleum (Jacob’S-ladder)
GenusPolemonium (a genus of flowering plants)
FamilyPOLEMONIACEAE (Jacob’s ladder and phloxes)
OrderERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
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 Polemonium caeruleum (Jacob’S-ladder)

Polemonium caeruleum (Jacob’S-ladder) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Polemonium caeruleum (Jacob’S-ladder):

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