Tanacetum L.
(tansies)

Interactions where Tanacetum 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
capitulum		capitulum is galled by larva			Rhopalomyia tanaceticola	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Rhopalomyia tanaceticola/	Rhopalomyia tanaceticola	a gall midge				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum/	Tanacetum	tansies			capitulum		Sole			larva causes gall of capitulum
fruit		fruit is galled by larva			Ozirhincus longicollis	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Ozirhincus longicollis/	Ozirhincus longicollis	a gall midge				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum/	Tanacetum	tansies			fruit					larva causes gall of fruit
leaf axil		leaf axil is galled by larva			Rhopalomyia tanaceticola	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Rhopalomyia tanaceticola/	Rhopalomyia tanaceticola	a gall midge				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum/	Tanacetum	tansies			leaf axil		Sole			larva causes gall of leaf axil
leaf		leaf is galled by			Aceria tuberculata	a gall mite	Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Eriophyidae/Aceria tuberculata/	Aceria tuberculata	a gall mite					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum/	Tanacetum	tansies			leaf					causes gall of leaf
leaf		leaf is galled by larva			Rhopalomyia tanaceticola	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Rhopalomyia tanaceticola/	Rhopalomyia tanaceticola	a gall midge				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum/	Tanacetum	tansies			leaf		Sole			larva causes gall of leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Chromatomyia syngenesiae	Chrysanthemum Leaf Miner	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia syngenesiae/	Chromatomyia syngenesiae	chrysanthemum leaf miner				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum/	Tanacetum	tansies			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Liriomyza tanaceti	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza tanaceti/	Liriomyza tanaceti	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum/	Tanacetum	tansies			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is galled by			Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria	an aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Macrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) tanacetaria/	Macrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) tanacetaria	an aphid					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum/	Tanacetum	tansies			leaf					causes gall of leaf
shoot tip		shoot tip is galled by			Aceria tuberculata	a gall mite	Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Eriophyidae/Aceria tuberculata/	Aceria tuberculata	a gall mite					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum/	Tanacetum	tansies			shoot tip					causes gall of shoot tip
stem		stem is galled by larva			Homoeosoma cretacella	a pyralid moth	Lepidoptera: Pyralidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Pyralidae/Homoeosoma cretacella/	Homoeosoma cretacella	a pyralid moth				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum/	Tanacetum	tansies			stem					larva causes gall of stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

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

Anthemideae
(a tribe of composites)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Tanacetum balsamita Costmary				Species		2 trophisms
Tanacetum boreale a cultivated tansy				Species		1 trophisms
Tanacetum coccineum Pyrethrum, Persian Chrysanthemum, Garden Pyrethrum				Species		5 trophisms
Tanacetum macrophyllum Rayed Tansy				Species		2 trophisms
Tanacetum parthenium Feverfew				Species		8 trophisms	1 references
Tanacetum vulgare Tansy				Species		27 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Tanacetum (tansies)
Tribe	Anthemideae (a tribe of composites)
Subfamily	ASTEROIDEAE (“daisies”)
Family	ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
Order	ASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Tanacetum is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Asteraceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tanacetum (tansies)

Tanacetum (tansies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tanacetum (tansies):

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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