Ribes alpinum L.
(Mountain Currant)

Interactions where Ribes alpinum 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
has sap sucked by adult ForeignMinorCaptivity Elasmucha ferrugata a shieldbug Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Acanthosomatidae/Elasmucha ferrugata/Elasmucha ferrugataa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes alpinum/Ribes alpinummountain currantMinor Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedadult sucks sap of
is parasitised by Foreign Erysiphe grossulariae a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe grossulariae/Erysiphe grossulariaea powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes alpinum/Ribes alpinummountain currant parasitises
is parasitised by pycnium Melampsora epitea a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea/Melampsora epiteaa rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes alpinum/Ribes alpinummountain currant pycnium parasitises
is parasitised by caeomoid aecium Melampsora epitea a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea/Melampsora epiteaa rust funguscaeomoidaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes alpinum/Ribes alpinummountain currant caeomoid aecium parasitises
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Euura ribesii Common Gooseberry Sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura ribesii/Euura ribesiicommon gooseberry sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes alpinum/Ribes alpinummountain currantleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is galled by Cryptomyzus korschelti an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) korschelti/Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) korscheltian aphid Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes alpinum/Ribes alpinummountain currantleaf causes gall of leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by few, epiphyllous, scattered, immersed, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria grossulariae a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria grossulariae/Septoria grossulariaea leaf-spot fungusfew, epiphyllous, scattered, immersed, blackpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes alpinum/Ribes alpinummountain currantliveleaf few, epiphyllous, scattered, immersed, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1958Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(c), 252pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Ribes alpinum (Mountain Currant) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRibes alpinum (Mountain Currant)
GenusRibes (currants and gooseberry)
FamilyGROSSULARIACEAE (currants and gooseberry)
OrderSAXIFRAGALES (saxifrages, stonecrops, peonies, currants and gooseberries)
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 Ribes alpinum (Mountain Currant)

Ribes alpinum (Mountain Currant) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ribes alpinum (Mountain Currant):

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