Ranunculus (buttercups and crowfoots)

Interactions where Ranunculus 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 State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	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
	may have adult	Oulema obscura	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/	Oulema obscura	a leaf beetle			adult	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots							(7-)	adult may be found on
	pollen is foodplant of adult	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle			adult	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots				pollen			(4-)5-6(-9)	adult feeds on pollen
	may have adult	Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis/	Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis	a leaf beetle			adult	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots							(4-9)	adult may be found on
	is foodplant of	Bagous tempestivus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bagous (Bagous) tempestivus/	Bagous (Bagous) tempestivus	a weevil				Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots								feeds on
	is foodplant of	Leiosoma troglodytes	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Leiosoma troglodytes/	Leiosoma troglodytes	a weevil				Foodplant / feeds on	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots	?							feeds on
	flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult	Zodion	a genus of beegrabbers	Diptera: Conopidae	Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Zodion/	Zodion	a genus of beegrabbers			adult	Foodplant / visitor		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots				flower				adult visits for nectar and/or pollen flower
	is decayed by effuse colony of Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph	Coremiella cubispora	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Coremiella cubispora/	Coremiella cubispora	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	effuse	colony	Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots							(7-10)	effuse colony of Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on
(live)	live is parasitised by aecium	Puccinia recondita	Brown Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	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 recondita/	Puccinia recondita	brown rust			aecium	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots		live						aecium parasitises live
(live)	live is parasitised by pycnium	Puccinia recondita	Brown Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	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 recondita/	Puccinia recondita	brown rust			pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots		live						pycnium parasitises live
flower	flower may have 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 viridula	green dock beetle			adult	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			flower				(4-9)	adult may be found on flower
flower	flower is grazed by larva	Hydrothassa marginella	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Hydrothassa marginella/	Hydrothassa marginella	a leaf beetle			larva	Foodplant / open feeder	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			flower					larva grazes on flower
flower	flower is galled by larva	Dasineura traili	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura traili/	Dasineura traili	a gall midge			larva	Foodplant / gall		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			flower					larva causes gall of flower
fruit (unripe)	unripe fruit has sap sucked by nymph	Dolycoris baccarum	Hairy Shieldbug, Sloebug, Sloe Shieldbug	Hemiptera: Pentatomidae	Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wild, Hawkins, R.D., 1985	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Dolycoris baccarum/	Dolycoris baccarum	hairy shieldbug, sloebug, sloe shieldbug			nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots		unripe	fruit			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced		nymph sucks sap of unripe fruit
leaf (petiole) (live)	live leaf (petiole) is galled by	Physoderma vagans	a chytridiomycete fungus	Blastocladiales: Physodermataceae	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma vagans/	Physoderma vagans	a chytridiomycete fungus				Foodplant / gall	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots		live	leaf (petiole)					causes gall of live leaf (petiole)
leaf (underside)	leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva	Athalia bicolor	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Athalia bicolor/	Athalia bicolor	a sawfly	gregarious		larva	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots	?		leaf (underside)					gregarious larva grazes on leaf (underside)
leaf-mine	leaf-mine may house puparium	Phytomyza fallaciosa	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza fallaciosa/	Phytomyza fallaciosa	a leaf-mining fly			puparium	Plant / resting place / within		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			leaf-mine					puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Hydrothassa glabra	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Hydrothassa glabra/	Hydrothassa glabra	a leaf beetle			larva	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			leaf		Sole			larva grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Hydrothassa glabra	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Hydrothassa glabra/	Hydrothassa glabra	a leaf beetle			imago	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			leaf					imago grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Hydrothassa marginella	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Hydrothassa marginella/	Hydrothassa marginella	a leaf beetle			larva	Foodplant / open feeder	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Hydrothassa marginella	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Hydrothassa marginella/	Hydrothassa marginella	a leaf beetle			imago	Foodplant / open feeder	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			leaf					imago grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Phyllotreta striolata	Striped Flea Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phyllotreta striolata/	Phyllotreta striolata	striped flea beetle			larva	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Phyllotreta striolata	Striped Flea Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phyllotreta striolata/	Phyllotreta striolata	striped flea beetle			imago	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			leaf					imago grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Phytomyza fallaciosa	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Agromyzidae Newsletter No 4, October 2017, Anon, 2017 Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza fallaciosa/	Phytomyza fallaciosa	a leaf-mining fly			larva	Foodplant / miner	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Phytomyza notata	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza notata/	Phytomyza notata	a leaf-mining fly			larva	Foodplant / miner		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Phytomyza ranunculi	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza ranunculi/	Phytomyza ranunculi	a leaf-mining fly			larva	Foodplant / miner		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Phytomyza ranunculivora	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza ranunculivora/	Phytomyza ranunculivora	a leaf-mining fly			larva	Foodplant / miner		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			leaf		Sole			larva mines leaf
leaf	leaf is galled by larva	Dasineura ranunculi	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura ranunculi/	Dasineura ranunculi	a gall midge			larva	Foodplant / gall		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			leaf					larva causes gall of leaf
leaf	leaf is mined by solitary larva	Pseudodineura fuscula	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pseudodineura fuscula/	Pseudodineura fuscula	a sawfly	solitary		larva	Foodplant / miner		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			leaf		Sole			solitary larva mines leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva	Tenthredo mioceras	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo (Eurogaster) mioceras/	Tenthredo (Eurogaster) mioceras	a sawfly	nocturnal		larva	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots	?		leaf					nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva	Tenthredo atra	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo (Tenthredella) atra/	Tenthredo (Tenthredella) atra	a sawfly	nocturnal		larva	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			leaf					nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live, blistered)	live, blistered leaf is galled by sorus	Urocystis ranunculi	a smut fungus	Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis ranunculi/	Urocystis ranunculi	a smut fungus			sorus	Foodplant / gall		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots		live, blistered	leaf					sorus causes gall of live, blistered leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is galled by	Physoderma vagans	a chytridiomycete fungus	Blastocladiales: Physodermataceae	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	/Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma vagans/	Physoderma vagans	a chytridiomycete fungus				Foodplant / gall	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots		live	leaf					causes gall of live leaf
root, rhizome	root, rhizome may contain larva	Leiosoma deflexum	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Leiosoma deflexum/	Leiosoma deflexum	a weevil			larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			root, rhizome					larva feeds within root, rhizome
root?	root? may contain larva	Leiosoma oblongulum	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Leiosoma oblongulum/	Leiosoma oblongulum	a weevil			larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			root?					larva feeds within root?
root	root may be infected and damaged by	Pratylenchus	root-lesion eelworms	Tylenchida: Pratylenchidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea (Class)/Tylenchida/Pratylenchidae/Pratylenchus/	Pratylenchus	root-lesion eelworms				Foodplant / pathogen		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			root		Major			infects and damages root
rootstock	rootstock is foodplant of larva	Cheilosia albitarsis	a hoverfly	Diptera: Syrphidae	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Cheilosia albitarsis/	Cheilosia albitarsis	a hoverfly			larva	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			rootstock					larva feeds on rootstock
stem	stem may contain larva	Napomyza cineracea	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Napomyza cineracea/	Napomyza cineracea	a leaf-mining fly			larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			stem		Sole			larva feeds within stem
stem	stem may contain larva	Phytomyza albipennis	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza albipennis/	Phytomyza albipennis	a leaf-mining fly			larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots	?		stem					larva feeds within stem
stem	stem may contain larva	Phytomyza evanescens	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza evanescens/	Phytomyza evanescens	a leaf-mining fly			larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots			stem		Sole			larva feeds within stem
stem (live, blistered)	live, blistered stem is galled by sorus	Urocystis ranunculi	a smut fungus	Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis ranunculi/	Urocystis ranunculi	a smut fungus			sorus	Foodplant / gall		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots		live, blistered	stem					sorus causes gall of live, blistered stem

Subtaxon	Rank	No of interactions	No of references
Ranunculus aconitifolius Aconite-leaved Buttercup	Species	1 trophisms
Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup	Species	31 trophisms
Ranunculus auricomus Goldilocks Buttercup	Species	10 trophisms
Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous Buttercup	Species	13 trophisms	1 references
Ranunculus cortusifolius a house plant	Species	1 trophisms
Ranunculus flammula Lesser Spearwort	Species	10 trophisms
Ranunculus lingua Greater Spearwort	Species	8 trophisms
Ranunculus muricatus Rough-fruited Buttercup	Species	3 trophisms
Ranunculus omiophyllus Round-leaved Crowfoot	Species	1 trophisms
Ranunculus ophioglossifolius Adder’s-tongue Spearwort	Species	2 trophisms	1 references
Ranunculus parviflorus Small-flowered Buttercup	Species	1 trophisms
Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup	Species	45 trophisms
Ranunculus sardous Hairy Buttercup	Species	4 trophisms
Ranunculus sceleratus Celery-leaved Buttercup	Species	8 trophisms
Ranunculus serbicus a cultivated buttercup	Species	1 trophisms

Genus	Ranunculus (buttercups and crowfoots)
Family	RANUNCULACEAE (buttercups, crowfoots)
Order	RANUNCULALES (buttercups, poppies and barberries)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.		Ranunculus	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
in the hand ()	Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J.		Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

Ranunculus L.
(buttercups and crowfoots)

Interactions where Ranunculus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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Plant Pathology

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Author & Year	Title	Source
Anon, 2017	Agromyzidae Newsletter No 4, October 2017
Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Benson, R.B., 1958	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(c), 252pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Hawkins, R.D., 1985	Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wild	Het News No 6: 3.
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
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002	British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi	AIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
Rotheray, G.E., 1993	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe	Diperists Digest No. 9
Smith, K.G.V., 1969	Diptera: Conopidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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
Storey, M.W., 2015	Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide	www.bioimages.org.uk
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)