Lycopus europaeus L.
(Gypsywort)

Interactions where Lycopus europaeus 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
		may have adult			Cryptocephalus pusillus	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/Cryptocephalus pusillus/	Cryptocephalus pusillus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort							(5-10)	adult may be found on
		is foodplant of			Datonychus arquata	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Datonychus arquata/	Datonychus arquata	a weevil					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort								feeds on
		is foodplant of			Datonychus melanostictus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Datonychus melanostictus/	Datonychus melanostictus	a weevil					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort								feeds on
(live)		live is parasitised by			Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat.	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat./	Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat.	a powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort		live						parasitises live
leaf (underside)		leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva			Athalia circularis	Ringed Tigress	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Athalia circularis/	Athalia circularis	ringed tigress		gregarious		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort			leaf (underside)					gregarious larva grazes on leaf (underside)
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Longitarsus lycopi	a flea beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus lycopi/	Longitarsus lycopi	a flea beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Longitarsus lycopi	a flea beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus lycopi/	Longitarsus lycopi	a flea beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort			leaf					adult grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva			Tenthredo thompsoni	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo thompsoni/	Tenthredo thompsoni	a sawfly		nocturnal		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort			leaf					nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is spotted by scattered pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria lycopi	a leaf-spot fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria lycopi/	Septoria lycopi	a leaf-spot fungus		scattered	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort			leaf				(8-9)	scattered pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia lamii var lamii	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia lamii var. lamii/	Ramularia lamii var. lamii	an anamorphic fungus		amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense	caespituli	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort		live	leaf					amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
stem (dead, locally blackened)		dead, locally blackened stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium			Mollisia lycopodis	an ascomycete fungus	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia lycopodis/	Mollisia lycopodis	an ascomycete fungus		erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort		dead, locally blackened	stem				(3)	erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead, locally blackened stem
stem (dead, rotten, locally blackened)		dead, rotten, locally blackened stem is decayed by apothecium			Pyrenopeziza lycopincola	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza lycopincola/	Pyrenopeziza lycopincola	a discomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort		dead, rotten, locally blackened	stem				(7-8)	apothecium is saprobic on dead, rotten, locally blackened stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by immersed or semi-immersed pseudothecium			Lophiostoma angustilabrum	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lophiostomataceae/Lophiostoma angustilabrum/	Lophiostoma angustilabrum	an ascomycete		immersed or semi-immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort		dead	stem				(3-10)	immersed or semi-immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by apothecium			Mollisiopsis lanceolata	a discomycete	Helotiales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Mollisiopsis lanceolata/	Mollisiopsis lanceolata	a discomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort		dead	stem				(5-8)	apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by stalked apothecium			Moellerodiscus tenuistipes	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Moellerodiscus tenuistipes/	Moellerodiscus tenuistipes	a discomycete		stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/	Lycopus europaeus	gypsywort		dead	stem					stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Kevan D.K., 1967	The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)	Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 103: 83-110.

Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

LAMIACEAE
(dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort)
Family	LAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
Order	LAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lycopus europaeus is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Lamiaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort)

Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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