Salix myrsinites L.
(Whortle-leaved Willow)

Interactions where Salix myrsinites 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
(live) live is parasitised by telium Melampsora epitea var reticulatae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea var. reticulatae/Melampsora epitea var. reticulataea rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix myrsinites/Salix myrsiniteswhortle-leaved willowlive telium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Melampsora epitea var reticulatae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea var. reticulatae/Melampsora epitea var. reticulataea rust fungusuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix myrsinites/Salix myrsiniteswhortle-leaved willowlive uredium parasitises live
leaf (upperside) leaf (upperside) is galled by larva UK/IrelandMinor Pontania dolichura a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania dolichura/Pontania dolichuraa sawflylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix myrsinites/Salix myrsiniteswhortle-leaved willowleaf (upperside)Minor larva causes gall of leaf (upperside)
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by larva UK/Ireland Euura myrsiniticola a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae New and little-known British Xyelidae and Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta), Liston, A.D. & Blank, S.M., 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura myrsiniticola/Euura myrsiniticolaa sawflylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix myrsinites/Salix myrsiniteswhortle-leaved willowliveleaf larva causes gall of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Melampsora epitea a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea/Melampsora epiteaa rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix myrsinites/Salix myrsiniteswhortle-leaved willowliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous, subepidermal telium Melampsora epitea a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea/Melampsora epiteaa rust fungusmostly hypophyllous, subepidermaltelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix myrsinites/Salix myrsiniteswhortle-leaved willowliveleaf mostly hypophyllous, subepidermal telium parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1958Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(c), 252pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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
Liston, A.D. & Blank, S.M., 2006New and little-known British Xyelidae and Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 142: 219-226.

Salix myrsinites (Whortle-leaved Willow) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Salix
(willows)
EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
PLANTAE
(plants)
Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)
Trees with bark of middle pH
(neutral-barked species, mesic-barked species)
Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)
Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)
Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)
Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSalix myrsinites (Whortle-leaved Willow)
GenusSalix (willows)
FamilySALICACEAE (poplars and willows)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
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 Salix myrsinites (Whortle-leaved Willow)

Salix myrsinites (Whortle-leaved Willow) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Salix myrsinites (Whortle-leaved Willow):

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