Tragopogon L.
(salsifies and goat’s-beards)

Interactions where Tragopogon 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
floret (live) live floret may be infected and damaged by sorus UK/Ireland Microbotryum tragopogonis-pratensis Goatsbeard Smut Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum tragopogonis-pratensis/Microbotryum tragopogonis-pratensisgoatsbeard smutsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon/Tragopogonsalsifies and goat’s-beardslivefloret sorus infects and damages live floret
peduncle (dead, locally bleached) dead, locally bleached peduncle is decayed by crowded, covered pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis albicans a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis albicans/Phomopsis albicansa coelomycetecrowded, coveredpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon/Tragopogonsalsifies and goat’s-beardsdead, locally bleachedpeduncle (9-3)crowded, covered pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, locally bleached peduncle

Author & YearTitleSource
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungiMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

Tragopogon (salsifies and goat’s-beards) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Tragopogon porrifolius
Salsify
Species 4 trophisms
Tragopogon pratensis
Goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
Species 1 subtaxa 22 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusTragopogon (salsifies and goat’s-beards)
TribeLactuceae (“dandelions”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
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 Tragopogon (salsifies and goat’s-beards)

Tragopogon (salsifies and goat’s-beards) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tragopogon (salsifies and goat’s-beards):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 34 images of Tragopogon (salsifies and goat’s-beards)
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