Asperula L.
(woodruffs)

Interactions where Asperula 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 (base) (live) live leaf (base) is swollen by embedded sorus Questionable Melanotaenium endogenum Bedstraw Smut Ustilaginales: Melanotaeniaceae Melanotaenium endogenum, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Melanotaeniaceae/Melanotaenium endogenum/Melanotaenium endogenumbedstraw smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula/Asperulawoodruffs?liveleaf (base) (6-7)embedded sorus causes swelling of live leaf (base)
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Timarcha goettingensis Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle, Small Bloody-nosed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Timarcha goettingensis/Timarcha goettingensislesser bloody-nosed beetle, small bloody-nosed beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula/Asperulawoodruffsleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Timarcha goettingensis Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle, Small Bloody-nosed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Timarcha goettingensis/Timarcha goettingensislesser bloody-nosed beetle, small bloody-nosed beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula/Asperulawoodruffsleaf (late 2-12)adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Timarcha tenebricosa Bloody-nosed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Timarcha tenebricosa/Timarcha tenebricosabloody-nosed beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula/Asperulawoodruffsleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Timarcha tenebricosa Bloody-nosed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Timarcha tenebricosa/Timarcha tenebricosabloody-nosed beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula/Asperulawoodruffsleaf (1-12)adult grazes on leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, grouped pycnidium of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph Questionable Placosphaeria punctiformis a coelomycete Dothideales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Placosphaeria punctiformis/Placosphaeria punctiformisa coelomycetehypophyllous, groupedpycnidiumPlacosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula/Asperulawoodruffs?fadingleaf (7-10)hypophyllous, grouped pycnidium of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises fading leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, grouped pycnidium of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph Questionable Placosphaeria punctiformis a coelomycete Dothideales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Placosphaeria punctiformis/Placosphaeria punctiformisa coelomycetehypophyllous, groupedpycnidiumPlacosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula/Asperulawoodruffs?liveleaf (7-10)hypophyllous, grouped pycnidium of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
shoot (live) live shoot is swollen by embedded sorus Questionable Melanotaenium endogenum Bedstraw Smut Ustilaginales: Melanotaeniaceae Melanotaenium endogenum, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Melanotaeniaceae/Melanotaenium endogenum/Melanotaenium endogenumbedstraw smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula/Asperulawoodruffs?liveshoot (6-7)embedded sorus causes swelling of live shoot
stem stem is grazed by larva Timarcha goettingensis Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle, Small Bloody-nosed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Timarcha goettingensis/Timarcha goettingensislesser bloody-nosed beetle, small bloody-nosed beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula/Asperulawoodruffsstem larva grazes on stem
stem stem is grazed by adult Timarcha goettingensis Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle, Small Bloody-nosed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Timarcha goettingensis/Timarcha goettingensislesser bloody-nosed beetle, small bloody-nosed beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula/Asperulawoodruffsstem (late 2-12)adult grazes on stem
stem stem is grazed by larva Timarcha tenebricosa Bloody-nosed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Timarcha tenebricosa/Timarcha tenebricosabloody-nosed beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula/Asperulawoodruffsstem larva grazes on stem
stem stem is grazed by adult Timarcha tenebricosa Bloody-nosed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Timarcha tenebricosa/Timarcha tenebricosabloody-nosed beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula/Asperulawoodruffsstem (1-12)adult grazes on stem
stem stem is parasitised by grouped pycnidium of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph Questionable Placosphaeria punctiformis a coelomycete Dothideales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Placosphaeria punctiformis/Placosphaeria punctiformisa coelomycetegroupedpycnidiumPlacosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula/Asperulawoodruffs?stem (7-10)grouped pycnidium of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises stem
stem (live) live stem is swollen by embedded sorus Questionable Melanotaenium endogenum Bedstraw Smut Ustilaginales: Melanotaeniaceae Melanotaenium endogenum, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Melanotaeniaceae/Melanotaenium endogenum/Melanotaenium endogenumbedstraw smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula/Asperulawoodruffs?livestem (6-7)embedded sorus causes swelling of live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Mordue, J.E.M., 1991Melanotaenium endogenumI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1094.

Asperula (woodruffs) 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
Asperula cynanchica
Squinancywort
Species 2 trophisms
[Asperula sp. cult.]
garden woodruffs
Informal 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAsperula (woodruffs)
FamilyRUBIACEAE (madder, goosegrass and bedstraws)
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 Asperula (woodruffs)

Asperula (woodruffs) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Asperula (woodruffs):

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