Medicago arabica (L.) Huds.
(Spotted Medick)

Interactions where Medicago arabica 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
(live) live is parasitised by telium Minor Uromyces pisi-sativi Pea Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces pisi-sativi/Uromyces pisi-sativipea rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago arabica/Medicago arabicaspotted medickliveMinor telium parasitises live
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph Cercospora zebrina a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora zebrina/Cercospora zebrinaa dematiaceous anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyCercospora dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago arabica/Medicago arabicaspotted medickliveleaf (7-10)amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by immersed, then erumpent, brownish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta pisi Pea Aschochyta Blight Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta pisi/Ascochyta pisipea aschochyta blightimmersed, then erumpent, brownishpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago arabica/Medicago arabicaspotted medickliveleaf (5-10)immersed, then erumpent, brownish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora meliloti a coelomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Stagonospora meliloti, Punithalingam, E., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora meliloti/Stagonospora melilotia coelomycetepycnidiumStagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago arabica/Medicago arabicaspotted medickliveleaf pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Minor Uromyces pisi-sativi Pea Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces pisi-sativi/Uromyces pisi-sativipea rustmostly hypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago arabica/Medicago arabicaspotted medickliveleafMinor mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
pod (live) live pod is spotted by immersed, then erumpent, brownish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta pisi Pea Aschochyta Blight Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta pisi/Ascochyta pisipea aschochyta blightimmersed, then erumpent, brownishpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago arabica/Medicago arabicaspotted medicklivepod (5-10)immersed, then erumpent, brownish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live pod
stem (live) live stem is spotted by immersed, then erumpent, brownish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta pisi Pea Aschochyta Blight Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta pisi/Ascochyta pisipea aschochyta blightimmersed, then erumpent, brownishpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago arabica/Medicago arabicaspotted medicklivestem (5-10)immersed, then erumpent, brownish pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Punithalingam, E., 1990Stagonospora melilotiI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1020.

Medicago arabica (Spotted Medick) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMedicago arabica (Spotted Medick)
GenusMedicago (medicks)
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 Medicago arabica (Spotted Medick)

Medicago arabica (Spotted Medick) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Medicago arabica (Spotted Medick):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 12 images of Medicago arabica (Spotted Medick)
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