Malva arborea (L.) Webb & Berthel.
(Tree-mallow)

Interactions where Malva arborea 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			Pyrrhocoris apterus	Firebug	Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pyrrhocoridae/Pyrrhocoris apterus/	Pyrrhocoris apterus	firebug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva arborea/	Malva arborea	tree-mallow								adult sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by nymph			Pyrrhocoris apterus	Firebug	Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pyrrhocoridae/Pyrrhocoris apterus/	Pyrrhocoris apterus	firebug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva arborea/	Malva arborea	tree-mallow								nymph sucks sap of
		seed has sap sucked by nymph			Pyrrhocoris apterus	Firebug	Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pyrrhocoridae/Pyrrhocoris apterus/	Pyrrhocoris apterus	firebug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva arborea/	Malva arborea	tree-mallow				seed	Major			nymph sucks sap of seed
		seed has sap sucked by adult			Pyrrhocoris apterus	Firebug	Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pyrrhocoridae/Pyrrhocoris apterus/	Pyrrhocoris apterus	firebug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva arborea/	Malva arborea	tree-mallow				seed	Major			adult sucks sap of seed
bract (live)		live bract is parasitised by pulvinate, hypophyllous telium			Puccinia malvacearum	Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 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 malvacearum/	Puccinia malvacearum	mallow and hollyhock rust, mallow rust		pulvinate, hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva arborea/	Malva arborea	tree-mallow		live	bract				(4-11)	pulvinate, hypophyllous telium parasitises live bract
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by pulvinate, hypophyllous telium			Puccinia malvacearum	Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 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 malvacearum/	Puccinia malvacearum	mallow and hollyhock rust, mallow rust		pulvinate, hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva arborea/	Malva arborea	tree-mallow		live	leaf				(4-11)	pulvinate, hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
petiole (live)		live petiole is parasitised by pulvinate telium			Puccinia malvacearum	Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 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 malvacearum/	Puccinia malvacearum	mallow and hollyhock rust, mallow rust		pulvinate		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva arborea/	Malva arborea	tree-mallow		live	petiole				(4-11)	pulvinate telium parasitises live petiole
stem		stem is foodplant of gregarious, covered by blackened epidermis, finally erumpent by a slit pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Phomopsis malvacearum	a coelomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis malvacearum/	Phomopsis malvacearum	a coelomycete		gregarious, covered by blackened epidermis, finally erumpent by a slit	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva arborea/	Malva arborea	tree-mallow			stem				(7-9)	gregarious, covered by blackened epidermis, finally erumpent by a slit pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph feeds on stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by scattered, or aggregated in oblong patches, fuscous pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph			Diplodina malvae form lavaterae	a coelomycete	Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Diplodina malvae forma lavaterae/	Diplodina malvae forma lavaterae	a coelomycete		scattered, or aggregated in oblong patches, fuscous	pycnidium	Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva arborea/	Malva arborea	tree-mallow		dead	stem				(3,9)	scattered, or aggregated in oblong patches, fuscous pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by pulvinate telium			Puccinia malvacearum	Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 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 malvacearum/	Puccinia malvacearum	mallow and hollyhock rust, mallow rust		pulvinate		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva arborea/	Malva arborea	tree-mallow		live	stem				(4-11)	pulvinate telium parasitises live stem
wood (dead)		dead wood is decayed by fruitbody			Flammulina velutipes var velutipes	Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus	Agaricales: Physalacriaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes/	Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes	velvet shank, winter fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva arborea/	Malva arborea	tree-mallow		dead	wood				(mainly winter)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood
wood (moribund)		moribund wood is parasitised by fruitbody			Flammulina velutipes var velutipes	Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus	Agaricales: Physalacriaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes/	Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes	velvet shank, winter fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva arborea/	Malva arborea	tree-mallow		moribund	wood					fruitbody parasitises moribund wood

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
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
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Malva arborea (Tree-mallow) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Malva
(mallows)

MALVACEAE
(mallows & limes)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Tall Woody Herbs
(tall woody herbs)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Malva arborea (Tree-mallow)
Genus	Malva (mallows)
Family	MALVACEAE (mallows & limes)
Order	MALVALES (mallows, limes, daphnes and rockroses)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Malva arborea is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Malvaceae)
Tall Woody Herbs - tall woody herbs (via Malvaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Malva arborea (Tree-mallow)

Malva arborea (Tree-mallow) 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 Malva arborea (Tree-mallow):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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Scarce

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