Colchicum bulbocodium Ker Gawl.
(Spring Meadow Saffron)

Interactions where Colchicum bulbocodium 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
bulb (live, imported) live, imported bulb is parasitised by linear sorus Foreign Urocystis colchici Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis colchici/Urocystis colchicicolchicum smut, smutty naked ladieslinearsorus Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Liliales/Colchicaceae/Colchicum bulbocodium/Colchicum bulbocodiumspring meadow saffronlive, importedbulb linear sorus parasitises live, imported bulb
flower (live, imported) live, imported flower is parasitised by linear sorus ForeignRare Urocystis colchici Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis colchici/Urocystis colchicicolchicum smut, smutty naked ladieslinearsorus Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Liliales/Colchicaceae/Colchicum bulbocodium/Colchicum bulbocodiumspring meadow saffronlive, importedflowerRare linear sorus parasitises live, imported flower
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by linear sorus UK/Ireland Urocystis colchici Colchicum Smut, Smutty Naked Ladies Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
Urocystis colchici, Mordue, J.E.M., 1970
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis colchici/Urocystis colchicicolchicum smut, smutty naked ladieslinearsorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Liliales/Colchicaceae/Colchicum bulbocodium/Colchicum bulbocodiumspring meadow saffronliveleaf linear sorus parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
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
Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984Ustilaginales of the British IslesMycological Papers, No 154, 96pp, Commonwealth Mycological Institute
Mordue, J.E.M., 1970Urocystis colchiciI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 968.

Colchicum bulbocodium (Spring Meadow Saffron) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesColchicum bulbocodium (Spring Meadow Saffron)
GenusColchicum (colchicums)
FamilyCOLCHICACEAE (colchicums)
OrderLILIALES (lilies)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Colchicum bulbocodium (Spring Meadow Saffron) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Colchicum bulbocodium (Spring Meadow Saffron):

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)