Medicago lupulina L.
(Black Medick)

Interactions where Medicago lupulina 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 Major Sitona humeralis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona humeralis/Sitona humeralisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medickMajor larva feeds on
is associate of Minor Protapion filirostre a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Protapion filirostre/Protapion filirostrea seed weevil Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medickMinor is associated with
has sap sucked by adult Questionable Chlamydatus saltitans a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Chlamydatus (Chlamydatus) saltitans/Chlamydatus (Chlamydatus) saltitansa plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medick? adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Questionable Chlamydatus saltitans a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Chlamydatus (Chlamydatus) saltitans/Chlamydatus (Chlamydatus) saltitansa plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medick? nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by adult Questionable Chlamydatus pullus a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Chlamydatus (Euattus) pullus/Chlamydatus (Euattus) pullusa plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medick? (late 5-early 7, late 7-late 9)adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Questionable Chlamydatus pullus a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Chlamydatus (Euattus) pullus/Chlamydatus (Euattus) pullusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medick? nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Plagiognathus chrysanthemi a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemi/Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemia plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medick (late 5-late 6)nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by adult Plagiognathus chrysanthemi a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemi/Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemia plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medick (late 6-9(10)adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by Major Bathysolen nubilus a squashbug Hemiptera: Coreidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Bathysolen nubilus/Bathysolen nubilusa squashbug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medickMajor sucks sap of
has sap sucked by Coriomeris denticulatus a squashbug Hemiptera: Coreidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coriomeris denticulatus/Coriomeris denticulatusa squashbug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medick sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Berytinus montivagus a stiltbug Hemiptera: Berytidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Berytinus (Berytinus) montivagus/Berytinus (Berytinus) montivagusa stiltbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medick nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by adult Berytinus montivagus a stiltbug Hemiptera: Berytidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Berytinus (Berytinus) montivagus/Berytinus (Berytinus) montivagusa stiltbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medick adult sucks sap of
is parasitised by UK/Ireland Erysiphe pisi var pisi a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe pisi var. pisi/Erysiphe pisi var. pisia powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medick parasitises
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandRestricted Peronospora romanica a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora romanica/Peronospora romanicaa downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medickliveSole sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora romanica a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Fungal Records Database of Britain and Ireland, Cooper, J. & Kirk, P.M.
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora romanica/Peronospora romanicaa downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medicklive sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium Peronospora trifoliorum s. lat. a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora trifoliorum s. lat./Peronospora trifoliorum s. lat.a downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medicklive sporangium parasitises live
(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 lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medickliveMinor telium parasitises live
leaf leaf is grazed by UK/IrelandQuestionable Hypera melancholica a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera melancholica/Hypera melancholicaa weevil Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medick?leaf grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/IrelandMajor Hypera postica Clover Leaf Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera postica/Hypera posticaclover leaf weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medickleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora meliloti a coelomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae 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 lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medickliveleaf pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by erumpent apothecium Leptotrochila medicaginis a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Leptotrochila medicaginis/Leptotrochila medicaginisa discomyceteerumpentapothecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medickliveleaf erumpent apothecium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by conidioma of Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph Leptotrochila medicaginis a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Leptotrochila medicaginis/Leptotrochila medicaginisa discomyceteconidiomaSporonema coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medickliveleaf conidioma of Sporonema coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by apothecium Pseudopeziza medicaginis a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pseudopeziza medicaginis/Pseudopeziza medicaginisa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medickliveleaf (6-12)apothecium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium UK/IrelandMinor Uromyces pisi-sativi Pea Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Uromyces striatus Schroet. on Medicago lupulina L. and other host plants in Britain., Glasscock, H.H., & Ware, W.M., 1946
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces pisi-sativi/Uromyces pisi-sativipea rustmostly hypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medickliveleafMinor mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
stem stem may contain larva Major Stenopterapion tenue a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Stenopterapion tenue/Stenopterapion tenuea seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medickstemMajor larva feeds within stem
stem (live) live stem is foodplant of pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta medicaginicola "Black Stem Disease" Of Lucerne - causative organism Pleosporales British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta medicaginicola/Ascochyta medicaginicola"black stem disease" of lucerne (causative organism)pycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medicklivestem pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph feeds on live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Cooper, J. & Kirk, P.M.Fungal Records Database of Britain and Irelandwww.fieldmycology.net/GBCHKLST/gbchklst.asp
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Glasscock, H.H., & Ware, W.M., 1946Uromyces striatus Schroet. on Medicago lupulina L. and other host plants in Britain.TBMS Vol 29 (3): 167-169.
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Moore, W.C., 1959British Parasitic Fungi430pp, Cambridge University Press
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 1997Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Punithalingam, E., 1990Stagonospora melilotiI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1020.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMedicago lupulina (Black 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 lupulina (Black Medick)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource

Vegetative

Anon. Medicago lupulina / Trifolium dubium Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Medicago lupulina (Black Medick) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 34 images of Medicago lupulina (Black Medick)
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