Saxifraga granulata L.
(Meadow Saxifrage)

Interactions where Saxifraga granulata 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 ForeignRestricted Bagous diglyptus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bagous diglyptus/Bagous diglyptusa weevil Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga granulata/Saxifraga granulatameadow saxifrageSole feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Melampsora vernalis Saxifrage Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora vernalis/Melampsora vernalissaxifrage rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga granulata/Saxifraga granulatameadow saxifragelive pycnium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Melampsora vernalis Saxifrage Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora vernalis/Melampsora vernalissaxifrage rustaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga granulata/Saxifraga granulatameadow saxifragelive aecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by subepidermal telium Melampsora vernalis Saxifrage Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora vernalis/Melampsora vernalissaxifrage rustsubepidermaltelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga granulata/Saxifraga granulatameadow saxifragelive subepidermal telium parasitises live
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, punctiform to loose, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia anamorph Foreign Ramularia saxifragae sensu (Syd. ex Schrot.) Sacc., 1899 an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia saxifragae sensu (Syd. ex Schrot.) Sacc., 1899/Ramularia saxifragae sensu (Syd. ex Schrot.) Sacc., 1899an anamorphic fungusmainly hypophyllous, punctiform to loose, greyish whitecaespituliRamularia anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga granulata/Saxifraga granulatameadow saxifrageliveleaf mainly hypophyllous, punctiform to loose, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous telium Puccinia saxifragae 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 saxifragae/Puccinia saxifragaea rust fungusmostly hypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga granulata/Saxifraga granulatameadow saxifrageliveleaf mostly hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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

Saxifraga granulata (Meadow Saxifrage) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSaxifraga granulata (Meadow Saxifrage)
GenusSaxifraga (saxifrages)
FamilySAXIFRAGACEAE (saxifrages)
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 Saxifraga granulata (Meadow Saxifrage)

Saxifraga granulata (Meadow Saxifrage) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Saxifraga granulata (Meadow Saxifrage):

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