Hippocrepis comosa L.
(Horseshoe Vetch)

Interactions where Hippocrepis comosa 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 foodplant of larva Meligethes erichsonii a pollen beetle Coleoptera: Nitidulidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Meligethes erichsonii/Meligethes erichsoniia pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Hippocrepis comosa/Hippocrepis comosahorseshoe vetch larva feeds on
has sap sucked by nymph Questionable Berytinus signoreti a stiltbug Hemiptera: Berytidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Berytinus (Berytinus) signoreti/Berytinus (Berytinus) signoretia stiltbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Hippocrepis comosa/Hippocrepis comosahorseshoe vetch? nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by adult Questionable Berytinus signoreti a stiltbug Hemiptera: Berytidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Berytinus (Berytinus) signoreti/Berytinus (Berytinus) signoretia stiltbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Hippocrepis comosa/Hippocrepis comosahorseshoe vetch? adult sucks sap of
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Uromyces anthyllidis 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/Uromyces anthyllidis/Uromyces anthyllidisa rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Hippocrepis comosa/Hippocrepis comosahorseshoe vetchliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Uromyces anthyllidis 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/Uromyces anthyllidis/Uromyces anthyllidisa rust fungusamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Hippocrepis comosa/Hippocrepis comosahorseshoe vetchliveleaf amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
stem stem is foodplant of semi-exposed larva Restricted Hemitrichapion waltoni a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Hemitrichapion waltoni/Hemitrichapion waltonia seed weevilsemi-exposedlarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Hippocrepis comosa/Hippocrepis comosahorseshoe vetchstemSole semi-exposed larva feeds on stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Hippocrepis comosa (Horseshoe Vetch) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHippocrepis comosa (Horseshoe Vetch)
GenusHippocrepis (horse-shoe vetches)
SubfamilyFABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
FamilyFABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
OrderFABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
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 Hippocrepis comosa (Horseshoe Vetch)

Hippocrepis comosa (Horseshoe Vetch) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hennenberg, K.J. & Bruelheide, H. 2003 Ecological investigations on the northern distribution range of Hippocrepis comosa L. in Germany. Plant Ecology Vol 166: 167-188.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hippocrepis comosa (Horseshoe Vetch):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 24 images of Hippocrepis comosa (Horseshoe Vetch)
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