Lepidium L.
(pepperworts)

Interactions where Lepidium 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
is foodplant of larva Ceutorhynchus parvulus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus parvulus/Ceutorhynchus parvulusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Lepidium/Lepidiumpepperworts larva feeds on
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mainly hypophyllous, scattered or not, immersed, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Foreign Septoria lepidii 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 lepidii/Septoria lepidiia leaf-spot fungusmainly hypophyllous, scattered or not, immersed, blackpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Lepidium/Lepidiumpepperwortsliveleaf (autumn)mainly hypophyllous, scattered or not, immersed, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press

Lepidium (pepperworts) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Lepidium campestre
Field Pepperwort
Species 1 trophisms
Lepidium coronopus
Swine-cress
Species 1 trophisms
Lepidium didymum
Lesser Swine-cress
Species 5 trophisms
Lepidium draba
Hoary Cress
Species 1 subtaxa 7 trophisms
Lepidium heterophyllum
Smith’s Pepperwort
Species 5 trophisms
Lepidium latifolium
Dittander
Species 2 references
Lepidium ruderale
Narrow-leaved Pepperwort
Species 1 trophisms
Lepidium sativum
Garden Cress
Species 1 trophisms
Lepidium virginicum
Least Pepperwort
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLepidium (pepperworts)
FamilyBRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
OrderBRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiderflowers and garden nasturtiums)
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 Lepidium (pepperworts)

Lepidium (pepperworts) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lepidium (pepperworts):

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