Arctium lappa L.
(Greater Burdock)

Interactions where Arctium lappa 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 is parasitised by pycnium Minor Puccinia calcitrapae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia calcitrapae/Puccinia calcitrapaea rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockliveMinor pycnium parasitises live
achenes achenes is foodplant of larva UK/Ireland Tephritis bardanae Burdock Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis bardanae/Tephritis bardanaeburdock flylarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockachenes larva feeds on achenes
capitulum capitulum may contain larva UK/Ireland Tephritis bardanae Burdock Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis bardanae/Tephritis bardanaeburdock flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockcapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva UK/Ireland Terellia tussilaginis Banded Burdock Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Terellia tussilaginis/Terellia tussilaginisbanded burdock flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockcapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
leaf -> midrib -> stem leaf -> midrib -> stem is mined by larva (young) Melanagromyza lappae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Spencer, K.A., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Melanagromyza lappae/Melanagromyza lappaea leaf-mining flylarva (young) Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockleaf -> midrib -> stem larva (young) mines leaf -> midrib -> stem
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza lappae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza lappae/Phytomyza lappaea leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva ForeignQuestionable Trypeta zoe Hemp Agrimony Leafminer Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta zoe/Trypeta zoehemp agrimony leafminerlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdock?leaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo mesomela a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo mesomela/Tenthredo mesomelaa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is foodplant of few, epiphyllous pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta doronici a coelomycete Pleosporales 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/Pleosporales/Ascochyta doronici/Ascochyta doronicia coelomycetefew, epiphyllouspycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockleaf (9)few, epiphyllous pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph feeds on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by sporangium UK/Ireland Bremia lactucae s. lat. Lettuce Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae New British hosts for the downy mildew Bremia lactucae, Legon, N. & Spooner, B., 2015
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Bremia lactucae s. lat./Bremia lactucae s. lat.lettuce downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockliveleaf sporangium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia abscondita sensu (Fautrey & F. Lamb.) U. Braun, 1988 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 abscondita sensu (Fautrey & F. Lamb.) U. Braun, 1988/Ramularia abscondita sensu (Fautrey & F. Lamb.) U. Braun, 1988an anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, abundant pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta microspora a coelomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta microspora/Ascochyta microsporaa coelomyceteepiphyllous, abundantpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockliveleaf epiphyllous, abundant pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Golovinomyces depressus Burdock 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 depressus/Golovinomyces depressusburdock mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockliveleaf conidial anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Golovinomyces depressus Burdock 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 depressus/Golovinomyces depressusburdock mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockliveleaf cleistothecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by uredinoid, epiphyllous aecium Minor Puccinia calcitrapae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia calcitrapae/Puccinia calcitrapaea rust fungusuredinoid, epiphyllousaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockliveleafMinor uredinoid, epiphyllous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Minor Puccinia calcitrapae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia calcitrapae/Puccinia calcitrapaea rust fungusmostly hypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockliveleafMinor mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous telium Minor Puccinia calcitrapae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia calcitrapae/Puccinia calcitrapaea rust fungusmostly hypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockliveleafMinor mostly hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
stem (near base) (dead) dead stem (near base) is decayed by effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph Pseudospiropes subuliferus a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pseudospiropes subuliferus/Pseudospiropes subuliferusa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockdeadstem (near base) effuse colony of Pseudospiropes dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem (near base)
stem stem may contain larva (older) Melanagromyza lappae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Spencer, K.A., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Melanagromyza lappae/Melanagromyza lappaea leaf-mining flylarva (older) Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockstem larva (older) feeds within stem
stem stem may house puparium Melanagromyza lappae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Melanagromyza lappae/Melanagromyza lappaea leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockstem puparium may be found in stem
stem (dead, overwintered) dead, overwintered stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Pyrenopeziza arctii a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza arctii/Pyrenopeziza arctiia discomyceteerumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockdead, overwinteredstem (3-5)erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead, overwintered stem
stem (dead, overwintered) dead, overwintered stem is decayed by gregarious, subepidermal pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Diaporthe arctii a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe arctii/Diaporthe arctiia pyrenomycetegregarious, subepidermalpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockdead, overwinteredstemMajor (<7)gregarious, subepidermal pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, overwintered stem
stem (dead, very dark grey) dead, very dark grey stem is decayed by immersed perithecium Major Diaporthe arctii a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe arctii/Diaporthe arctiia pyrenomyceteimmersedperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockdead, very dark greystemMajor (7-11)immersed perithecium is saprobic on dead, very dark grey stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Pleurophragmium dematiaceous anamorph Pleurophragmium parvisporum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Helotiales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Pleurophragmium parvisporum/Pleurophragmium parvisporuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPleurophragmium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockdeadstem (1-12)effuse colony of Pleurophragmium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial colony of Sarcopodium dematiaceous anamorph Sarcopodium circinatum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sarcopodium circinatum/Sarcopodium circinatuma dematiaceous anamorphic fungussuperficialcolonySarcopodium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockdeadstem superficial colony of Sarcopodium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by fruitbody Erythricium laetum a resupinate basidiomycete Corticiales: Corticiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Corticiales/Corticiaceae/Erythricium laetum/Erythricium laetuma resupinate basidiomycetefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockdeadstem fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by fruitbody Hyphodermella corrugata a resupinate fungus Polyporales: Phanerochaetaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Hyphodermella corrugata/Hyphodermella corrugataa resupinate fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdockdeadstem fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Golovinomyces depressus Burdock 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 depressus/Golovinomyces depressusburdock mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdocklivestem conidial anamorph parasitises live stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Golovinomyces depressus Burdock 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 depressus/Golovinomyces depressusburdock mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Arctium lappa/Arctium lappagreater burdocklivestem cleistothecium parasitises live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 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., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
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
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. & Spooner, B., 2015New British hosts for the downy mildew Bremia lactucaeField Mycology Vol 16 (1): 29-32.
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
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spencer, K.A., 1976The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and DenmarkFauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 5 (parts 1 and 2), 606pp, Scandinavian Science Press
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

Arctium lappa (Greater Burdock) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArctium lappa (Greater Burdock)
GenusArctium (burdocks)
TribeCardueae (“thistles”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
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 Arctium lappa (Greater Burdock)

Arctium lappa (Greater Burdock) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Arctium lappa (Greater Burdock):

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