Persicaria amphibia (L.) Delarbre
(Amphibious Bistort)

Interactions where Persicaria amphibia 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 Neophytobius quadrinodosus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Neophytobius quadrinodosus/Neophytobius quadrinodosusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria amphibia/Persicaria amphibiaamphibious bistort larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Rhinoncus albicinctus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhinoncus albicinctus/Rhinoncus albicinctusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria amphibia/Persicaria amphibiaamphibious bistort larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Rhinoncus inconspectus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhinoncus inconspectus/Rhinoncus inconspectusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria amphibia/Persicaria amphibiaamphibious bistort larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Pelenomus quadricorniger a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Pelenomus quadricorniger/Pelenomus quadricornigera weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria amphibia/Persicaria amphibiaamphibious bistort larva feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Erysiphe polygoni a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe polygoni/Erysiphe polygonia powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria amphibia/Persicaria amphibiaamphibious bistortlive conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Erysiphe polygoni a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe polygoni/Erysiphe polygonia powdery mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria amphibia/Persicaria amphibiaamphibious bistortlive cleistothecium parasitises live
leaf leaf is galled by Wachtliella persicariae a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Wachtliella persicariae/Wachtliella persicariaea gall midge Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria amphibia/Persicaria amphibiaamphibious bistortleaf causes gall of leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia rufomaculans (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia rufomaculans/Ramularia rufomaculans(an anamorphic fungus)amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffusecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria amphibia/Persicaria amphibiaamphibious bistortliveleaf amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Puccinia polygoni-amphibii var polygoni-amphibii a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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 polygoni-amphibii var. polygoni-amphibii/Puccinia polygoni-amphibii var. polygoni-amphibiia rust fungusmostly hypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria amphibia/Persicaria amphibiaamphibious bistortliveleaf mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Puccinia polygoni-amphibii var polygoni-amphibii a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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 polygoni-amphibii var. polygoni-amphibii/Puccinia polygoni-amphibii var. polygoni-amphibiia rust fungusamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria amphibia/Persicaria amphibiaamphibious bistortliveleaf amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
stem (dead, lying in water) dead, lying in water stem is decayed by stalked apothecium Questionable Hymenoscyphus scutula a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus scutula/Hymenoscyphus scutulaa discomycetestalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria amphibia/Persicaria amphibiaamphibious bistort?dead, lying in waterstem (9-11)stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead, lying in water stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Pyrenopeziza polygoni a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza polygoni/Pyrenopeziza polygonia discomyceteerumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria amphibia/Persicaria amphibiaamphibious bistortdeadstem (7)erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed perithecium Plagiostoma devexum a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Plagiostoma devexum/Plagiostoma devexuma pyrenomyceteimmersedperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria amphibia/Persicaria amphibiaamphibious bistortdeadstem immersed perithecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Persicaria amphibia (Amphibious Bistort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPersicaria amphibia (Amphibious Bistort)
GenusPersicaria (knotweeds)
FamilyPOLYGONACEAE (docks and knotgrasses)
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 Persicaria amphibia (Amphibious Bistort)

Persicaria amphibia (Amphibious Bistort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Persicaria amphibia (Amphibious Bistort):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 9 images of Persicaria amphibia (Amphibious Bistort)
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