Circaea alpina L.
(Alpine Enchanter’s-nightshade)

Interactions where Circaea alpina 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
		is parasitised by			Erysiphe circaeae	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe circaeae/	Erysiphe circaeae	a powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Circaea alpina/	Circaea alpina	alpine enchanter's-nightshade								parasitises
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, punctiform, greyish-white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia caduca	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia caduca/	Ramularia caduca	an anamorphic fungus		amphigenous, punctiform, greyish-white	caespituli	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Circaea alpina/	Circaea alpina	alpine enchanter's-nightshade		live	leaf					amphigenous, punctiform, greyish-white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium			Puccinia circaeae	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia circaeae/	Puccinia circaeae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Circaea alpina/	Circaea alpina	alpine enchanter's-nightshade	?	live	leaf					hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium			Pucciniastrum circaeae	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum circaeae/	Pucciniastrum circaeae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Circaea alpina/	Circaea alpina	alpine enchanter's-nightshade		live	leaf		Major			hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium			Pucciniastrum circaeae	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum circaeae/	Pucciniastrum circaeae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Circaea alpina/	Circaea alpina	alpine enchanter's-nightshade		live	leaf		Minor			hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by telium			Puccinia circaeae	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia circaeae/	Puccinia circaeae	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Circaea alpina/	Circaea alpina	alpine enchanter's-nightshade	?	live	stem					telium parasitises live stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Circaea alpina (Alpine Enchanter’s-nightshade) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ONAGRACEAE
(willowherbs and evening primroses)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Circaea alpina (Alpine Enchanter’s-nightshade)
Genus	Circaea (a genus of flowering plants)
Family	ONAGRACEAE (willowherbs and evening primroses)
Order	MYRTALES (willowherbs, loosestrifes, gums and tea-trees)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Circaea alpina is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Onagraceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Circaea alpina (Alpine Enchanter’s-nightshade)

Circaea alpina (Alpine Enchanter’s-nightshade) may 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 Circaea alpina (Alpine Enchanter’s-nightshade):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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