Moenchia erecta (L.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.
(Upright Chickweed)

Interactions where Moenchia erecta 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
ovary (live) live ovary may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus UK/IrelandQuestionable Microbotryum duriaeanum Chickweed Seedsmut Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae 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/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum duriaeanum/Microbotryum duriaeanumchickweed seedsmutembeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Moenchia erecta/Moenchia erectaupright chickweed?liveovary embedded sorus infects and damages live ovary

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Moenchia erecta (Upright Chickweed) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMoenchia erecta (Upright Chickweed)
FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
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 Moenchia erecta (Upright Chickweed)

Moenchia erecta (Upright Chickweed) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Moenchia erecta (Upright Chickweed):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 3 images of Moenchia erecta (Upright Chickweed)

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