Saxifraga oppositifolia L.
(Purple Saxifrage)

Interactions where Saxifraga oppositifolia 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
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Melampsora arctica a rust fungus 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 arctica/Melampsora arcticaa rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga oppositifolia/Saxifraga oppositifoliapurple saxifragelive pycnium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by caeomoid aecium Melampsora arctica a rust fungus 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 arctica/Melampsora arcticaa rust funguscaeomoidaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga oppositifolia/Saxifraga oppositifoliapurple saxifragelive caeomoid aecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Puccinia pazschkei var jueliana a saxifrage rust 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 pazschkei var. jueliana/Puccinia pazschkei var. juelianaa saxifrage rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga oppositifolia/Saxifraga oppositifoliapurple saxifragelive telium parasitises live
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by sorus UK/Ireland Arcticomyces warmingii a ustilaginomycete fungus Exobasidiales: Exobasidiaceae 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/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Arcticomyces warmingii/Arcticomyces warmingiia ustilaginomycete fungussorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga oppositifolia/Saxifraga oppositifoliapurple saxifrageliveleaf sorus parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSaxifraga oppositifolia (Purple 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 oppositifolia (Purple Saxifrage)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Elias, D. 2003 Purple Saxifrage on Cadair Idris Vol 14, No. 3 Page: 204

Saxifraga oppositifolia (Purple Saxifrage) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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

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