Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem.
(Firethorn)

Interactions where Pyracantha coccinea 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').

Filters:

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
flower (live)		live flower may be infected and damaged by colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph			Spilocaea pyracanthae	Pyracantha Scab	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 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/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Spilocaea pyracanthae/	Spilocaea pyracanthae	pyracantha scab			colony	Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyracantha coccinea/	Pyracantha coccinea	firethorn		live	flower					colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live flower
fruit (live)		live fruit may be infected and damaged by colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph			Spilocaea pyracanthae	Pyracantha Scab	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 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/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Spilocaea pyracanthae/	Spilocaea pyracanthae	pyracantha scab			colony	Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyracantha coccinea/	Pyracantha coccinea	firethorn		live	fruit					colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live fruit
leaf (live)		live leaf may be infected and damaged by colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph			Spilocaea pyracanthae	Pyracantha Scab	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 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/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Spilocaea pyracanthae/	Spilocaea pyracanthae	pyracantha scab			colony	Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyracantha coccinea/	Pyracantha coccinea	firethorn		live	leaf					colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by cleistothecium			Podosphaera clandestina	Hawthorn Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera clandestina/	Podosphaera clandestina	hawthorn mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyracantha coccinea/	Pyracantha coccinea	firethorn		live	leaf				(10-11)	cleistothecium parasitises live leaf
twig (live)		live twig may be infected and damaged by colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph			Spilocaea pyracanthae	Pyracantha Scab	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 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/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Spilocaea pyracanthae/	Spilocaea pyracanthae	pyracantha scab			colony	Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyracantha coccinea/	Pyracantha coccinea	firethorn		live	twig					colony of Spilocaea dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live twig

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
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

Pyracantha coccinea (Firethorn) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pyracantha
(firethorns)

ROSACEAE
(roses and fruit trees)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pyracantha coccinea (Firethorn)
Genus	Pyracantha (firethorns)
Family	ROSACEAE (roses and fruit trees)
Order	ROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pyracantha coccinea (Firethorn)

Pyracantha coccinea (Firethorn) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pyracantha coccinea (Firethorn):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

BioImages

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