Hypericum pulchrum L.
(Slender St John’s-wort)

Interactions where Hypericum pulchrum 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 UK/IrelandMajor Eysarcoris aeneus New Forest Shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eysarcoris aeneus/Eysarcoris aeneusNew Forest shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum pulchrum/Hypericum pulchrumslender St John’s-wortMajor adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph UK/IrelandMajor Eysarcoris aeneus New Forest Shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eysarcoris aeneus/Eysarcoris aeneusNew Forest shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum pulchrum/Hypericum pulchrumslender St John’s-wortMajor nymph sucks sap of
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by mainly epiphyllous, brown pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria hyperici a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae 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/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria hyperici/Septoria hypericia leaf-spot fungusmainly epiphyllous, brownpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum pulchrum/Hypericum pulchrumslender St John’s-wortfadingleaf (8-10)mainly epiphyllous, brown pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by nocturnal adult Chrysolina varians a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina varians/Chrysolina variansa leaf beetlenocturnaladult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum pulchrum/Hypericum pulchrumslender St John’s-wortliveleaf (6-10,3-)nocturnal adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal telium UK/Ireland Melampsora hypericorum Hypericum Rust, Tutsan Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora hypericorum/Melampsora hypericorumhypericum rust, tutsan rusthypophyllous, subepidermaltelium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum pulchrum/Hypericum pulchrumslender St John’s-wortliveleaf hypophyllous, subepidermal telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, caeomoid aecium UK/Ireland Melampsora hypericorum Hypericum Rust, Tutsan Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora hypericorum/Melampsora hypericorumhypericum rust, tutsan rusthypophyllous, caeomoidaecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum pulchrum/Hypericum pulchrumslender St John’s-wortliveleaf (5-10)hypophyllous, caeomoid aecium parasitises live leaf

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
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966British Rust Fungi384pp, Cambridge University Press

Hypericum pulchrum (Slender St John’s-wort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHypericum pulchrum (Slender St John’s-wort)
GenusHypericum (St John’s worts)
FamilyHYPERICACEAE (St John’s-worts)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
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 Hypericum pulchrum (Slender St John’s-wort)

Hypericum pulchrum (Slender St John’s-wort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hypericum pulchrum (Slender St John’s-wort):

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