Sagittaria sagittifolia L.
(Arrowhead)

Interactions where Sagittaria sagittifolia 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 associate of imago 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) tempestivusa weevilimago Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowhead imago is associated with
is foodplant of pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phyllosticta sagittifoliae a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta sagittifoliae/Phyllosticta sagittifoliaea coelomycetepycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowhead pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
leaf (upper surface) leaf (upper surface) is foodplant of adult Donacia dentata a reed 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/Donacia dentata/Donacia dentataa reed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadleaf (upper surface) (3-)5-8)adult feeds on leaf (upper surface)
leaf axil (submerged) submerged leaf axil is foodplant of subaquatic larva Major Donacia dentata a reed 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/Donacia dentata/Donacia dentataa reed beetlesubaquaticlarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadsubmergedleaf axilMajor subaquatic larva feeds on submerged leaf axil
leaf leaf is foodplant of larva Galerucella sagittariae a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella sagittariae/Galerucella sagittariaea leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadleaf larva feeds on leaf
leaf leaf is foodplant of imago Galerucella sagittariae a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella sagittariae/Galerucella sagittariaea leaf beetleimago Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadleaf imago feeds on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Foreign Bagous alismatis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bagous (Hydronomus) alismatis/Bagous (Hydronomus) alismatisa weevillarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is spotted by colony of Spermosporina anamorph Foreign Spermosporina sagittariae (A Leaf-spot Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Spermosporina sagittariae/Spermosporina sagittariae(a leaf-spot fungus)colonySpermosporina anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadleaf colony of Spermosporina anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf leaf is spotted by few, epiphyllous, empty pycnidium of Depazea coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Depazea sagittariae a sterile coelomycete Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Depazea sagittariae/Depazea sagittariaea sterile coelomycetefew, epiphyllous, emptypycnidiumDepazea coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadleaf (9)few, epiphyllous, empty pycnidium of Depazea coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by sorus UK/Ireland Doassansia sagittariae Arrowhead Smut Doassansiales: Doassansiaceae 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
Doassansia sagittariae: an interesting smut, Legon, N.W., 2014
Doassansia sagittariae (Fuckel) C. Fisch,, Mordue, J.E.M., 1995
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Doassansiales/Doassansiaceae/Doassansia sagittariae/Doassansia sagittariaearrowhead smutsorus Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadliveleaf (6-8)sorus causes spots on live leaf
root (submerged) submerged root is foodplant of subaquatic larva Major Donacia dentata a reed 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/Donacia dentata/Donacia dentataa reed beetlesubaquaticlarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadsubmergedrootMajor subaquatic larva feeds on submerged root
roots roots may house subaquatic cocoon Macroplea appendiculata a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/Macroplea appendiculataa reed beetlesubaquaticcocoon Plant / resting place / among /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadroots subaquatic cocoon may be found among roots
roots (submerged) submerged roots may house subaquatic cocoon Major Donacia dentata a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia dentata/Donacia dentataa reed beetlesubaquaticcocoon Plant / resting place / among /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadsubmergedrootsMajor subaquatic cocoon may be found among submerged roots

Sagittaria sagittifolia (Arrowhead) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, 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
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
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
Legon, N.W., 2014Doassansia sagittariae: an interesting smutField Mycology Vol 15 (1): 5-7.
Mordue, J.E.M., 1995Doassansia sagittariae (Fuckel) C. Fisch,I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1243.
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSagittaria sagittifolia (Arrowhead)
GenusSagittaria (arrowheads)
FamilyALISMATACEAE (water-plantains)
OrderALISMATALES (pond plants)
SubclassLILIIDAE (monocotyledonous 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 Sagittaria sagittifolia (Arrowhead)

Sagittaria sagittifolia (Arrowhead) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sagittaria sagittifolia (Arrowhead):

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