Alisma L.
(water-plantains)

Interactions where Alisma 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
leaf (upper surface) leaf (upper surface) is foodplant of adult Questionable Donacia dentata a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia dentata/Donacia dentataa reed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma/Alismawater-plantains?leaf (upper surface) (3-)5-8)adult feeds on leaf (upper surface)
leaf midrib leaf midrib may house puparium UK/Ireland Hydrellia mutata a shore fly Diptera: Ephydridae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ephydridae/Hydrellia mutata/Hydrellia mutataa shore flypuparium Plant / resting place / withinUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma/Alismawater-plantainsleaf midrib puparium may be found in leaf midrib
leaf leaf is mined by larva Restricted Hydrellia flavicornis a shore fly Diptera: Ephydridae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ephydridae/Hydrellia flavicornis/Hydrellia flavicornisa shore flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma/Alismawater-plantainsleafSole (summer)larva mines leaf
leaf leaf may house puparium Hydrellia flavicornis a shore fly Diptera: Ephydridae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ephydridae/Hydrellia flavicornis/Hydrellia flavicornisa shore flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma/Alismawater-plantainsleaf puparium may be found in leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by larva Minor Hydronomus alismatis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hydronomus alismatis/Hydronomus alismatisa weevillarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma/Alismawater-plantainsliveleafMinor larva mines live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Hydrellia mutata a shore fly Diptera: Ephydridae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ephydridae/Hydrellia mutata/Hydrellia mutataa shore flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma/Alismawater-plantainsliveleaf larva mines live leaf
petiole petiole is mined by larva Restricted Hydrellia flavicornis a shore fly Diptera: Ephydridae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ephydridae/Hydrellia flavicornis/Hydrellia flavicornisa shore flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma/Alismawater-plantainspetioleSole (summer)larva mines petiole
petiole petiole may house puparium Hydrellia flavicornis a shore fly Diptera: Ephydridae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ephydridae/Hydrellia flavicornis/Hydrellia flavicornisa shore flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma/Alismawater-plantainspetiole puparium may be found in petiole
stem stem is mined by larva Restricted Hydrellia flavicornis a shore fly Diptera: Ephydridae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ephydridae/Hydrellia flavicornis/Hydrellia flavicornisa shore flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma/Alismawater-plantainsstemSole (summer)larva mines stem
stem stem may house puparium Hydrellia flavicornis a shore fly Diptera: Ephydridae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ephydridae/Hydrellia flavicornis/Hydrellia flavicornisa shore flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma/Alismawater-plantainsstem puparium may be found in stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

Alisma (water-plantains) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Alisma gramineum
Ribbon-leaved Water-plantain
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Alisma lanceolatum
Narrow-leaved Water-plantain
Species 1 trophisms
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Water-plantain
Species 14 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAlisma (water-plantains)
FamilyALISMATACEAE (water-plantains)
OrderALISMATALES (pond plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alisma (water-plantains)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Jones, R.A. & Rich, T.C.G. Luronium natans / Baldellia ranunculoides / Alisma Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
Rich, T.C.G. & Lansdown, R.V. Alisma Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Alisma (water-plantains) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Alisma (water-plantains):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 18 images of Alisma (water-plantains)
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