Smyrnium olusatrum L.
(Alexanders)

Interactions where Smyrnium olusatrum 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 foodplant of Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Diplodia henriquesii a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Diplodia henriquesii/Diplodia henriquesiia coelomyceteDiplodia coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexanders Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Erysiphe heraclei Umbellifer Powdery Mildew, Umbellifer Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe heraclei/Erysiphe heracleiumbellifer powdery mildew, umbellifer mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexanderslive conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Erysiphe heraclei Umbellifer Powdery Mildew, Umbellifer Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe heraclei/Erysiphe heracleiumbellifer powdery mildew, umbellifer mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexanderslive cleistothecium parasitises live
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon tumidulus Celery Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon tumidulus/Phaedon tumiduluscelery leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexandersliveleaf adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Questionable Phaedon tumidulus Celery Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon tumidulus/Phaedon tumiduluscelery leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexanders?liveleaf (-late 8)larva grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Euleia heraclei Common Umbel Leaf-miner, Celery Fly, Celery Leaf Miner Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euleia heraclei/Euleia heracleicommon umbel leaf-miner, celery fly, celery leaf minerlarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexandersliveleaf larva mines live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous colony of sporangium UK/Ireland Plasmopara crustosa Umbellifer Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Plasmopara crustosa/Plasmopara crustosaumbellifer downy mildewhypophyllouscolonysporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexandersliveleaf hypophyllous colony of sporangium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph Foreign Pseudocercosporella smyrnii (A Leaf-spot Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Pseudocercosporella smyrnii/Pseudocercosporella smyrnii(a leaf-spot fungus)colonyPseudocercosporella anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexandersliveleaf colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by mainly hypophyllous, aecioid aecium UK/Ireland Puccinia smyrnii Alexanders Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts, Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia smyrnii/Puccinia smyrniialexanders rustmainly hypophyllous, aecioidaecium Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexandersliveleaf (1-12)mainly hypophyllous, aecioid aecium causes gall of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by clustered, epiphyllous, erumpent, fragrant pycnium UK/Ireland Puccinia smyrnii Alexanders Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts, Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia smyrnii/Puccinia smyrniialexanders rustclustered, epiphyllous, erumpent, fragrantpycnium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexandersliveleaf (1-12)clustered, epiphyllous, erumpent, fragrant pycnium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous telium UK/Ireland Puccinia smyrnii Alexanders Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia smyrnii/Puccinia smyrniialexanders rusthypophylloustelium Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexandersliveleaf (1-12)hypophyllous telium causes spots on live leaf
petiole (live, distorted) live, distorted petiole is galled by aecioid aecium UK/Ireland Puccinia smyrnii Alexanders Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts, Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia smyrnii/Puccinia smyrniialexanders rustaecioidaecium Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexanderslive, distortedpetiole (1-12)aecioid aecium causes gall of live, distorted petiole
petiole (live) live petiole is parasitised by clustered, erumpent, fragrant pycnium UK/Ireland Puccinia smyrnii Alexanders Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts, Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia smyrnii/Puccinia smyrniialexanders rustclustered, erumpent, fragrantpycnium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexanderslivepetiole (1-12)clustered, erumpent, fragrant pycnium parasitises live petiole
root root is foodplant of larva Liophloeus tessulatus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Liophloeus tessulatus/Liophloeus tessulatusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexandersroot larva feeds on root
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium UK/Ireland Didymella exigua an ascomycete Pleosporales: Didymellaceae Two new genera of Ascomycota, and other new or interesting fungi from Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve and its environs, Cannon, P.F., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Didymella exigua/Didymella exiguaan ascomyceteimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexandersdeadstem immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Urceolella crispula a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Urceolella crispula/Urceolella crispulaa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexandersdeadstem (5-11)apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph Stachybotrys dichroa a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Stachybotryaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Stachybotryaceae/Stachybotrys dichroa/Stachybotrys dichroaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyStachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexandersdeadstem (4-9)colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live, distorted) live, distorted stem is galled by aecioid aecium UK/Ireland Puccinia smyrnii Alexanders Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts, Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia smyrnii/Puccinia smyrniialexanders rustaecioidaecium Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexanderslive, distortedstem (1-12)aecioid aecium causes gall of live, distorted stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by clustered, erumpent, fragrant pycnium UK/Ireland Puccinia smyrnii Alexanders Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rusts, Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia smyrnii/Puccinia smyrniialexanders rustclustered, erumpent, fragrantpycnium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Smyrnium olusatrum/Smyrnium olusatrumalexanderslivestem (1-12)clustered, erumpent, fragrant pycnium parasitises live stem

Smyrnium olusatrum (Alexanders) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Agro, L.A., Bell, A. & Shattock, R.C., 1999Puccinia smyrnii and P. vincae: a microscopical study of two autoecious rustsMycologist Vol 13 (3): 107-111.
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Cannon, P.F., 1997Two new genera of Ascomycota, and other new or interesting fungi from Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve and its environsSystema Ascomycetorum Vol 15 (1-2): 121-138.
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
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Morris, M.G., 1997Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSmyrnium olusatrum (Alexanders)
GenusSmyrnium (alexanders)
FamilyAPIACEAE (umbellifers)
OrderAPIALES (umbellifers, ivies and pennyworts)
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 Smyrnium olusatrum (Alexanders)

Smyrnium olusatrum (Alexanders) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Smyrnium olusatrum (Alexanders):

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