Ulex minor Roth
(Dwarf Gorse)

Interactions where Ulex minor 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 may have adult Odontothrips ignobilis a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips ignobilis/Odontothrips ignobilisa thripsadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/Ulex minordwarf gorselive (5-9)adult may be found on live
anther (deformed) deformed anther may be infected and damaged by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Thecaphora deformans a seed smut fungus Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora deformans/Thecaphora deformansa seed smut fungusconidial anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/Ulex minordwarf gorsedeformedanther conidial anamorph infects and damages deformed anther
branchlet (dead) dead branchlet is decayed by thyriothecium Microthyrium cytisi var ulicis-gallii a fly speck fungus Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-gallii/Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-galliia fly speck fungusthyriothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/Ulex minordwarf gorsedeadbranchlet (1-3)thyriothecium is saprobic on dead branchlet
flower (live) live flower may have larva Odontothrips ignobilis a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips ignobilis/Odontothrips ignobilisa thripslarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/Ulex minordwarf gorseliveflower (9)larva may be found on live flower
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera venusta 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/Hypera venusta/Hypera venustaa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/Ulex minordwarf gorseleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by thyriothecium Microthyrium cytisi var ulicis-gallii a fly speck fungus Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Microthyriales/Microthyriaceae/Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-gallii/Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-galliia fly speck fungusthyriothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/Ulex minordwarf gorsedeadleaf (1-3)thyriothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
pod (deformed) deformed pod may be infected and damaged by sorus UK/Ireland Thecaphora deformans a seed smut fungus Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora deformans/Thecaphora deformansa seed smut fungussorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/Ulex minordwarf gorsedeformedpod (7-9)sorus infects and damages deformed pod
seed (shrivelled, spore ball-filled) shrivelled, spore ball-filled seed may be infected and damaged by sorus UK/Ireland Thecaphora deformans a seed smut fungus Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae 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
Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora deformans/Thecaphora deformansa seed smut fungussorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/Ulex minordwarf gorseshrivelled, spore ball-filledseed (7-9)sorus infects and damages shrivelled, spore ball-filled seed
stem stem is galled by larva Major Stenopterapion scutellare 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
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Stenopterapion scutellare/Stenopterapion scutellarea seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/Ulex minordwarf gorsestemMajor larva causes gall of stem
stem (webbed, live) webbed, live stem has sap sucked by gregarious adult UK/IrelandMajor Tetranychus lintearius Gorse Mite Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae Gorse Mites and their Predators, Kirby, M., 2005
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tetranychidae/Tetranychus lintearius/Tetranychus linteariusgorse mitegregariousadult Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/Ulex minordwarf gorsewebbed, livestemMajor (-8)gregarious adult sucks sap of webbed, live 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
Kirby, M., 2005Gorse Mites and their PredatorsBritish Wildlife Vol 16 (5): 314-317.
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
Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984Ustilaginales of the British IslesMycological Papers, No 154, 96pp, Commonwealth Mycological Institute
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Ulex minor (Dwarf Gorse) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesUlex minor (Dwarf Gorse)
GenusUlex (gorses)
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 Ulex minor (Dwarf Gorse)

Ulex minor (Dwarf Gorse) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ulex minor (Dwarf Gorse):

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