Trifolium dubium Sibth.
(Lesser Trefoil)

Interactions where Trifolium dubium 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
has sap sucked by nymph Major Berytinus minor a stiltbug Hemiptera: Berytidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Berytinus (Berytinus) minor/Berytinus (Berytinus) minora stiltbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium dubium/Trifolium dubiumlesser trefoilMajor nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by adult Major Berytinus minor a stiltbug Hemiptera: Berytidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Berytinus (Berytinus) minor/Berytinus (Berytinus) minora stiltbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium dubium/Trifolium dubiumlesser trefoilMajor adult sucks sap of
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Erysiphe trifoliorum a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe trifoliorum/Erysiphe trifolioruma powdery mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium dubium/Trifolium dubiumlesser trefoillive cleistothecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Erysiphe trifoliorum a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe trifoliorum/Erysiphe trifolioruma powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium dubium/Trifolium dubiumlesser trefoillive conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces minor a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces minor/Uromyces minora rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium dubium/Trifolium dubiumlesser trefoillive telium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Uromyces minor a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces minor/Uromyces minora rust fungusaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium dubium/Trifolium dubiumlesser trefoillive aecium parasitises live
green parts (live) live green parts may be infected and damaged by sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora trifoliorum s. lat. a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora trifoliorum s. lat./Peronospora trifoliorum s. lat.a downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium dubium/Trifolium dubiumlesser trefoillivegreen parts sporangium infects and damages live green parts
inflorescence inflorescence may contain larva ForeignQuestionableMajor Protapion nigritarse 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/Protapion nigritarse/Protapion nigritarsea seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium dubium/Trifolium dubiumlesser trefoil?inflorescenceMajor larva feeds within inflorescence
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Uromyces anthyllidis a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces anthyllidis/Uromyces anthyllidisa rust fungusamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium dubium/Trifolium dubiumlesser trefoilliveleaf amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Uromyces anthyllidis a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces anthyllidis/Uromyces anthyllidisa rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium dubium/Trifolium dubiumlesser trefoilliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
stem stem is galled by larva Foreign Catapion pubescens a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Catapion pubescens/Catapion pubescensa seed weevillarva Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium dubium/Trifolium dubiumlesser trefoilstem larva causes gall of stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed, roundish, bright blackish-brown pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Leptosphaeria pratensis an ascomycete Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria pratensis/Leptosphaeria pratensisan ascomyceteimmersed, roundish, bright blackish-brownpycnidiumStagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium dubium/Trifolium dubiumlesser trefoildeadstem (11)immersed, roundish, bright blackish-brown pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
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
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Storey, M.W., 2015Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guidewww.bioimages.org.uk

Trifolium dubium (Lesser Trefoil) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTrifolium dubium (Lesser Trefoil)
GenusTrifolium (clovers)
SubfamilyFABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
FamilyFABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
OrderFABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
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 Trifolium dubium (Lesser Trefoil)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource

Vegetative

Anon. Medicago lupulina / Trifolium dubium Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Trifolium dubium (Lesser Trefoil) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Trifolium dubium (Lesser Trefoil):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 16 images of Trifolium dubium (Lesser Trefoil)
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