Ajuga reptans L.
(Bugle)

Interactions where Ajuga reptans 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').

Filters:

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 adult			Tingis reticulata	Bugle Lacebug	Hemiptera: Tingidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Tingis (Tropidocheila) reticulata/	Tingis (Tropidocheila) reticulata	bugle lacebug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ajuga reptans/	Ajuga reptans	bugle								adult sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by nymph			Tingis reticulata	Bugle Lacebug	Hemiptera: Tingidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Tingis (Tropidocheila) reticulata/	Tingis (Tropidocheila) reticulata	bugle lacebug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ajuga reptans/	Ajuga reptans	bugle								nymph sucks sap of
(live)		live is parasitised by			Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat.	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/Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat./	Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat.	a powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ajuga reptans/	Ajuga reptans	bugle		live						parasitises live
leaf (underside)		leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva			Athalia cordata	Bugle Sawfly, Bugle Tigress	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Athalia cordata/	Athalia cordata	bugle sawfly, bugle tigress		gregarious		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ajuga reptans/	Ajuga reptans	bugle			leaf (underside)					gregarious larva grazes on leaf (underside)
leaf (live)		live leaf is foodplant of scattered pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph			Phyllosticta ajugae	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 ajugae/	Phyllosticta ajugae	a coelomycete		scattered	pycnidium	Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ajuga reptans/	Ajuga reptans	bugle		live	leaf				(autumn)	scattered pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph feeds on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse, scattered to dense caespituli of colony			Ramularia ajugae	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia ajugae/	Ramularia ajugae	an anamorphic fungus		amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse, scattered to dense	caespituli	colony	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ajuga reptans/	Ajuga reptans	bugle		live	leaf					amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse, scattered to dense caespituli of colony causes spots on live leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Ajuga reptans (Bugle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ajuga
(bugles)

LAMIACEAE
(dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ajuga reptans (Bugle)
Genus	Ajuga (bugles)
Family	LAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
Order	LAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ajuga reptans is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Lamiaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ajuga reptans (Bugle)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon		Ajuga reptans / A. x pseudopyramidalis / A. pyramidalis	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Ajuga reptans (Bugle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ajuga reptans (Bugle):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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