Melampyrum cristatum L.
(Crested Cow-wheat)

Interactions where Melampyrum cristatum 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 Foreign Podosphaera fusca a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera fusca/Podosphaera fuscaa powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum cristatum/Melampyrum cristatumcrested cow-wheatlive parasitises live
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, punctiform to effuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramaria anamorph Foreign Ramularia melampyri (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia melampyri/Ramularia melampyri(an anamorphic fungus)mainly hypophyllous, punctiform to effuse, greyish whitecaespituliRamaria anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum cristatum/Melampyrum cristatumcrested cow-wheatliveleaf mainly hypophyllous, punctiform to effuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramaria anamorph causes spots on live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.

Melampyrum cristatum (Crested Cow-wheat) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelampyrum cristatum (Crested Cow-wheat)
GenusMelampyrum (cow-wheats)
FamilyOROBANCHACEAE (eyebrights, cow-wheats, louseworts & broomrapes)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Melampyrum cristatum (Crested Cow-wheat)

Melampyrum cristatum (Crested Cow-wheat) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Melampyrum cristatum (Crested Cow-wheat):

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