Potamogeton L.
(pondweeds)

Interactions where Potamogeton 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 UK/Ireland Bagous limosus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bagous limosus/Bagous limosusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton/Potamogetonpondweeds larva feeds on
is associate of imago UK/Ireland Bagous tempestivus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bagous tempestivus/Bagous tempestivusa weevilimago Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton/Potamogetonpondweeds imago is associated with
leaf (floating) floating leaf of esp. after pond has dried out is spotted by sorus UK/Ireland Doassansiopsis hydrophila Pondweed Smut Urocystidales: Doassansiopsidaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Doassansiopsidaceae/Doassansiopsis hydrophila/Doassansiopsis hydrophilapondweed smutsorus Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton/Potamogetonpondweedsfloatingleafesp. after pond has dried out sorus causes spots on floating leaf of esp. after pond has dried out
leaf (floating) floating leaf is spotted by numerous, mostly hypophyllous pycnidium of anamorph? UK/Ireland Doassansiopsis hydrophila Pondweed Smut Urocystidales: Doassansiopsidaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Doassansiopsidaceae/Doassansiopsis hydrophila/Doassansiopsis hydrophilapondweed smutnumerous, mostly hypophyllouspycnidiumanamorph? Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton/Potamogetonpondweedsfloatingleaf (8)numerous, mostly hypophyllous pycnidium of anamorph? causes spots on floating leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
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
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

Potamogeton (pondweeds) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 5 trophisms
Species hybrid 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 5 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPotamogeton (pondweeds)
FamilyPOTAMOGETONACEAE (pondweeds)
OrderALISMATALES (pond plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Potamogeton (pondweeds)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Potamogeton and Ruppia Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
Rich, T.C.G. & Preston, C.D. Aquatics with fine, linear leaves (Eleogiton, Juncus, Najas, Pilularia, Potamogeton, Ruppia and Zannichellia) Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Potamogeton (pondweeds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Potamogeton (pondweeds):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 36 images of Potamogeton (pondweeds)
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