Asclepias L.
(asclepias)

Interactions where Asclepias 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 (live, maybe long and narrow) live, maybe long and narrow leaf may be infected and damaged by Cucumber Mosaic virus a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Cucumber Mosaic virus/Cucumber Mosaic virusa phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Asclepias/Asclepiasasclepiaslive, maybe long and narrowleaf infects and damages live, maybe long and narrow leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium Cronartium flaccidum Scots Pine Blister Rust, Pine Resin-top Rust Pucciniales: Cronartiaceae Chrysomyxa abietis, Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Cronartiaceae/Cronartium flaccidum/Cronartium flaccidumScots pine blister rust, pine resin-top rusthypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Asclepias/Asclepiasasclepiasliveleaf hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, pustular telium Cronartium flaccidum Scots Pine Blister Rust, Pine Resin-top Rust Pucciniales: Cronartiaceae Chrysomyxa abietis, Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Cronartiaceae/Cronartium flaccidum/Cronartium flaccidumScots pine blister rust, pine resin-top rusthypophyllous, pustulartelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Asclepias/Asclepiasasclepiasliveleaf hypophyllous, pustular telium parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978Chrysomyxa abietisI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 576.

Asclepias (asclepias) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAsclepias (asclepias)
FamilyAPOCYNACEAE (periwinkles and asclepiads)
OrderGENTIANALES (bedstraws, gentians and periwinkles)
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 Asclepias (asclepias)

Asclepias (asclepias) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Asclepias (asclepias):

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