Persicaria bistorta (L.) Samp.
(Common Bistort)

Interactions where Persicaria bistorta 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
bulbil (live, swollen)		live, swollen bulbil is galled by sorus			Microbotryum bistortarum	a microbotryan smut	Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum bistortarum/	Microbotryum bistortarum	a microbotryan smut				sorus	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria bistorta/	Persicaria bistorta	common bistort		live, swollen	bulbil				(7-8)	sorus causes gall of live, swollen bulbil
flower (live, swollen)		live, swollen flower is galled by sorus			Microbotryum bistortarum	a microbotryan smut	Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum bistortarum/	Microbotryum bistortarum	a microbotryan smut				sorus	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria bistorta/	Persicaria bistorta	common bistort		live, swollen	flower				(7-8)	sorus causes gall of live, swollen flower
leaf margin (inrolled, silvery then blackish brown)		inrolled, silvery then blackish brown leaf margin may be infected and damaged by marginal, embedded sorus			Microbotryum marginale	Bistort Silver Rust	Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum marginale/	Microbotryum marginale	bistort silver rust		marginal, embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria bistorta/	Persicaria bistorta	common bistort		inrolled, silvery then blackish brown	leaf margin		Sole		(5-8)	marginal, embedded sorus infects and damages inrolled, silvery then blackish brown leaf margin
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Bostrichonema anamorph			Bostrichonema polygoni	an anamorphic fungus		Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Bostrichonema polygoni/	Bostrichonema polygoni	an anamorphic fungus		hypophyllous	colony	Bostrichonema anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria bistorta/	Persicaria bistorta	common bistort		live	leaf					hypophyllous colony of Bostrichonema anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, whitish, lax caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia bistortae	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia bistortae/	Ramularia bistortae	an anamorphic fungus		amphigenous, whitish, lax	caespituli	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria bistorta/	Persicaria bistorta	common bistort		live	leaf				(6)	amphigenous, whitish, lax caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			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 subeffuse	caespituli	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria bistorta/	Persicaria bistorta	common bistort		live	leaf					amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, immersed pycnidium			Septoria polygonorum	a leaf-spot fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria polygonorum/	Septoria polygonorum	a leaf-spot fungus		epiphyllous, immersed	pycnidium		Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria bistorta/	Persicaria bistorta	common bistort		live	leaf		Minor		(7-10)	epiphyllous, immersed pycnidium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by embedded, rounded sorus			Microbotryum pustulatum	Bistort Blister	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 pustulatum/	Microbotryum pustulatum	bistort blister		embedded, rounded		sorus	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria bistorta/	Persicaria bistorta	common bistort		live	leaf					embedded, rounded sorus parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia bistortae	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 bistortae/	Puccinia bistortae	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria bistorta/	Persicaria bistorta	common bistort		live	leaf					uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium			Puccinia bistortae	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 bistortae/	Puccinia bistortae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria bistorta/	Persicaria bistorta	common bistort		live	leaf					hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
stem (dead, lying in water)		dead, lying in water stem is decayed by stalked apothecium			Hymenoscyphus scutula	a discomycete	Helotiales: Helotiaceae		/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus scutula/	Hymenoscyphus scutula	a discomycete		stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria bistorta/	Persicaria bistorta	common bistort	?	dead, lying in water	stem				(9-11)	stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead, lying in water stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1995	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi	Mycologist 20 (3): 90-96.
Storey, M.W., 2015	Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide	www.bioimages.org.uk

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

Persicaria
(knotweeds)

POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Persicaria bistorta (Common Bistort)
Genus	Persicaria (knotweeds)
Family	POLYGONACEAE (docks and knotgrasses)
Order	CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Persicaria bistorta is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Polygonaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Persicaria bistorta (Common Bistort)

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

Persicaria
(knotweeds)

POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Persicaria
(knotweeds)

POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 6 images of Persicaria bistorta (Common Bistort)

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