Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l. L.
(knotgrass [agg.])

Interactions where Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l. 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').

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
is foodplant of larva Amalus scortillum a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Amalus scortillum/Amalus scortilluma weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l./Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l.knotgrass [agg.] larva feeds on
has sap sucked by adult Coreus marginatus Dock Bug Hemiptera: Coreidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l./Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l.knotgrass [agg.] adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Coreus marginatus Dock Bug Hemiptera: Coreidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l./Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l.knotgrass [agg.] nymph sucks sap of
leaf (live, riddled with holes) live, riddled with holes leaf is grazed by adult Major Gastrophysa polygoni a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Gastrophysa polygoni/Gastrophysa polygonia leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l./Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l.knotgrass [agg.]live, riddled with holesleafMajor (8-9)adult grazes on live, riddled with holes leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish-white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia rigidula (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia rigidula/Ramularia rigidula(an anamorphic fungus)amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish-whitecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l./Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l.knotgrass [agg.]liveleaf amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish-white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
seed seed has sap sucked by nymph Coreus marginatus Dock Bug Hemiptera: Coreidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l./Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l.knotgrass [agg.]seed nymph sucks sap of seed
seed seed has sap sucked by adult Coreus marginatus Dock Bug Hemiptera: Coreidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l./Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l.knotgrass [agg.]seed adult sucks sap of seed
stem stem may contain larva Perapion lemoroi a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Perapion lemoroi/Perapion lemoroia seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l./Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l.knotgrass [agg.]stem larva feeds within stem

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
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l. (knotgrass [agg.]) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species sensu latoPolygonum aviculare agg. s.l. (knotgrass [agg.])
GenusPolygonum (knotgrass)
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 Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l. (knotgrass [agg.])

Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l. (knotgrass [agg.]) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l. (knotgrass [agg.]):

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