Galium aparine L.
(Cleavers, Goosegrass)

Interactions where Galium aparine 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
has sap sucked by adult Major Legnotus limbosus a shieldbug Hemiptera: Cydnidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Legnotus limbosus/Legnotus limbosusa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassMajor adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Major Legnotus limbosus a shieldbug Hemiptera: Cydnidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Legnotus limbosus/Legnotus limbosusa shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassMajor nymph sucks sap of
(live) live seedling is parasitised by sporangium Major Peronospora aparines a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora aparines/Peronospora aparinesa downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveseedlingMajor (Spring, Autumn)sporangium parasitises live seedling
(live) live plant is parasitised by sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora aparines a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora aparines/Peronospora aparinesa downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveplant (Spring, Autumn)sporangium parasitises live plant
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Neoerysiphe galii a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Neoerysiphe galii/Neoerysiphe galiia powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrasslive conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Neoerysiphe galii a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Neoerysiphe galii/Neoerysiphe galiia powdery mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrasslive cleistothecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Minor 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/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveMinor pycnium parasitises live
flower (live) live flower may have male Melanthrips ficalbii a thrips Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Melanthrips ficalbii/Melanthrips ficalbiia thripsmale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveflower (5-6)male may be found on live flower
flower (live) live flower may have larva Melanthrips ficalbii a thrips Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Melanthrips ficalbii/Melanthrips ficalbiia thripslarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveflower (6-9)larva may be found on live flower
flower (live) live flower may have female Melanthrips ficalbii a thrips Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Melanthrips ficalbii/Melanthrips ficalbiia thripsfemale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveflower (5-8)female may be found on live flower
leaf leaf is galled by Cecidophyes galii a gall mite Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Eriophyidae/Cecidophyes galii/Cecidophyes galiia gall mite Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassleaf causes gall of leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Halidamia affinis a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Halidamia affinis/Halidamia affinisa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia difformis 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 difformis/Puccinia difformisa rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveleaf pycnium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia difformis 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 difformis/Puccinia difformisa rust fungushypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveleaf hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous aecium Puccinia difformis 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 difformis/Puccinia difformisa rust fungushypophyllousaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveleaf hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia difformis a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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 difformis/Puccinia difformisa rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveleaf pycnium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous aecium Minor 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/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveleafMinor hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Minor 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/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveleafMinor amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Minor 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/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveleafMinor amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
stem stem is mined by larva Restricted Aulagromyza anteposita a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Aulagromyza anteposita/Aulagromyza antepositaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassstemSole larva mines stem
stem stem is mined by larva ForeignRestricted Aulagromyza orphana a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Aulagromyza orphana/Aulagromyza orphanaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassstemSole larva mines stem
stem stem is foodplant of subepidermal, elongate stroma of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Placosphaeria galii a coelomycete Dothideales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Dothideales/Placosphaeria galii/Placosphaeria galiia coelomycetesubepidermal, elongatestromaPlacosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassstem (7-8)subepidermal, elongate stroma of Placosphaeria coelomycetous anamorph feeds on stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by minute, scattered, punctiform, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria galiorum a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria galiorum/Septoria galioruma leaf-spot fungusminute, scattered, punctiform, blackpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassdeadstem (6)minute, scattered, punctiform, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Leptosphaeria galiorum an ascomycete Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria galiorum/Leptosphaeria galioruman ascomyceteimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassdeadstem immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Leptosphaeria scitula an ascomycete Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria scitula/Leptosphaeria scitulaan ascomyceteimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassdeadstem (3)immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by gregarious to scattered, erumpent apothecium UK/Ireland Pyrenopeziza galii a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae New British Records 187: Pyrenopeziza galii Fuckel, Spooner, B.M., 2001
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza galii/Pyrenopeziza galiia discomycetegregarious to scattered, erumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassdeadstem gregarious to scattered, erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by thinly scattered, immersed soon erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis elliptica a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis elliptica/Phomopsis ellipticaa coelomycetethinly scattered, immersed soon erumpentpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassdeadstem (1-4)thinly scattered, immersed soon erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculate perithecium Hydropisphaera arenula a pyrenomycete Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Hydropisphaera arenula/Hydropisphaera arenulaa pyrenomycetesuperficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculateperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassdeadstem (1-12)superficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculate perithecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
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
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spooner, B.M., 2001New British Records 187: Pyrenopeziza galii FuckelMycologist Vol 15 (2): 76.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Galium aparine (Cleavers, Goosegrass) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGalium aparine (Cleavers, Goosegrass)
GenusGalium (bedstraws)
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 Galium aparine (Cleavers, Goosegrass)

Galium aparine (Cleavers, Goosegrass) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Galium aparine (Cleavers, Goosegrass):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 25 images of Galium aparine (Cleavers, Goosegrass)
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