POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)

Interactions where POLYGONACEAE 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
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Ametastegia equiseti a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Ametastegia equiseti/Ametastegia equisetia sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonaceaedocks and knotgrassesleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Ametastegia glabrata a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Ametastegia glabrata/Ametastegia glabrataa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonaceaedocks and knotgrassesleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live, eaten to lace) live, eaten to lace leaf is grazed by hypophyllous, gregarious larva Gastrophysa viridula Green Dock Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Gastrophysa viridula/Gastrophysa viridulagreen dock beetlehypophyllous, gregariouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonaceaedocks and knotgrasseslive, eaten to laceleaf hypophyllous, gregarious larva grazes on live, eaten to lace leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by hypophyllous adult Gastrophysa viridula Green Dock Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Gastrophysa viridula/Gastrophysa viridulagreen dock beetlehypophyllousadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonaceaedocks and knotgrassesliveleaf (4-9)hypophyllous adult grazes on live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications

POLYGONACEAE (docks and knotgrasses) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Fagopyrum
buckwheats
Genus 2 subtaxa 7 trophisms
Fallopia
a genus of knotweeds
Genus 6 subtaxa 76 trophisms 7 references
Homalogladium platycladium
a garden plant
Species 2 trophisms
Oxyria digyna
Mountain Sorrel
Species 6 trophisms
Persicaria
knotweeds
Genus 10 subtaxa 82 trophisms 2 references
Polygonum
knotgrass
Genus 5 subtaxa 40 trophisms 1 references
Rheum
rhubarbs
Genus 2 subtaxa 17 trophisms
Rumex
docks
Genus 22 subtaxa 262 trophisms 4 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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 POLYGONACEAE (docks and knotgrasses)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Akeroyd, J.R. 2014 Docks and Knotweeds of the British Isles (ed 2) BSBI Handbooks, No 3, 258pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
Lousley, J.E. & Kent, D.H. 1981 *** Docks and Knotweeds of the British Isles (ed 1) ***(Superseded) BSBI Handbooks, No 3, 205pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)

POLYGONACEAE (docks and knotgrasses) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to POLYGONACEAE (docks and knotgrasses):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 273 images of POLYGONACEAE (docks and knotgrasses)
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