Cruciata laevipes Opiz
(Crosswort)

Interactions where Cruciata laevipes 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 UK/Ireland Neoerysiphe galii a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Neoerysiphe galii/Neoerysiphe galiia powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortlive parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia galii-cruciatae 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 galii-cruciatae/Puccinia galii-cruciataea rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortlive pycnium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia punctata 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 punctata/Puccinia punctataa rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortlive pycnium parasitises live
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/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortleaf 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/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortleaf (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/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortleaf 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/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortleaf (1-12)adult grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia galii-cruciatae 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 galii-cruciatae/Puccinia galii-cruciataea rust fungushypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortliveleaf hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, uredinoid, circinate aecium Puccinia galii-cruciatae 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 galii-cruciatae/Puccinia galii-cruciataea rust fungushypophyllous, uredinoid, circinateaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortliveleaf hypophyllous, uredinoid, circinate aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Puccinia galii-cruciatae 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 galii-cruciatae/Puccinia galii-cruciataea rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia galii-verni 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 galii-verni/Puccinia galii-vernia rust fungushypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortliveleaf hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous aecium Puccinia punctata 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 punctata/Puccinia punctataa rust fungushypophyllousaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortliveleaf hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Puccinia punctata 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 punctata/Puccinia punctataa rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Puccinia punctata 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 punctata/Puccinia punctataa rust fungusamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortliveleaf amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
stem (base) (dead) dead stem (base) is decayed by ascocarp Acrospermum pallidulum an ascomycete Acrospermales: Acrospermaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Acrospermales/Acrospermaceae/Acrospermum pallidulum/Acrospermum palliduluman ascomyceteascocarp Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortdeadstem (base) (4-7)ascocarp is saprobic on dead stem (base)
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/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortstem 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/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortstem (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/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortstem 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/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortstem (1-12)adult grazes on stem
stem (live) live stem is galled by telium Puccinia galii-cruciatae 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
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia galii-cruciatae/Puccinia galii-cruciataea rust fungustelium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortlivestem telium causes gall of live stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by telium Puccinia galii-verni 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 galii-verni/Puccinia galii-vernia rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Cruciata laevipes/Cruciata laevipescrosswortlivestem telium parasitises live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Cruciata laevipes (Crosswort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCruciata laevipes (Crosswort)
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 Cruciata laevipes (Crosswort)

Cruciata laevipes (Crosswort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cruciata laevipes (Crosswort):

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