Trifolium medium L.
(Zigzag Clover)

Interactions where Trifolium medium 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 associate of adult			Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover							(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)	adult is associated with
(live)		live is parasitised by sporangium			Peronospora trifoliorum s. lat.	a downy mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora trifoliorum s. lat./	Peronospora trifoliorum s. lat.	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover		live			Major			sporangium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by cleistothecium			Erysiphe trifoliorum	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe trifoliorum/	Erysiphe trifoliorum	a powdery mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover		live						cleistothecium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by conidial anamorph			Erysiphe trifoliorum	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe trifoliorum/	Erysiphe trifoliorum	a powdery mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover		live						conidial anamorph parasitises live
inflorescence		inflorescence may contain larva			Protapion assimile	Clover Seed Weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Protapion assimile/	Protapion assimile	clover seed weevil				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover			inflorescence					larva feeds within inflorescence
inflorescence		inflorescence may contain larva			Protapion trifolii	Clover Seed Weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Protapion trifolii/	Protapion trifolii	clover seed weevil				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover			inflorescence					larva feeds within inflorescence
leaf		leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph			Ramularia sphaeroidea	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia sphaeroidea/	Ramularia sphaeroidea	an anamorphic fungus		mostly hypophyllous	colony	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover			leaf					mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf		leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia anamorph			Ramularia trifolii	(An Anamorphic Fungus)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia trifolii/	Ramularia trifolii	(an anamorphic fungus)		amphigenous	colony	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover			leaf					amphigenous colony of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by amphigenous pseudothecium			Davidiella carinthiaca	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Davidiellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Davidiellaceae/Davidiella carinthiaca/	Davidiella carinthiaca	an ascomycete		amphigenous		pseudothecium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover		live	leaf				(4-5)	amphigenous pseudothecium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, scattered or loosely grouped, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph			Phacellium trifolii	(A Dematiaceous Hyphomycete)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium trifolii/	Phacellium trifolii	(a dematiaceous hyphomycete)		mainly hypophyllous, scattered or loosely grouped, pale	synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover		live	leaf		Major			mainly hypophyllous, scattered or loosely grouped, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous pycnium			Uromyces fallens	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/Uromyces fallens/	Uromyces fallens	a rust fungus		amphigenous		pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover	?	live	leaf					amphigenous pycnium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous aecium			Uromyces fallens	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/Uromyces fallens/	Uromyces fallens	a rust fungus		amphigenous		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover	?	live	leaf					amphigenous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium			Uromyces fallens	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/Uromyces fallens/	Uromyces fallens	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover	?	live	leaf					hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium			Uromyces fallens	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/Uromyces fallens/	Uromyces fallens	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover	?	live	leaf					hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
pollen?		pollen? is foodplant of adult			Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover			pollen?				(late 7-early 10, late 4)5-6)	adult feeds on pollen?
seed?		seed? may contain larva			Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius varius/	Bruchidius varius	a seed beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium medium/	Trifolium medium	zigzag clover			seed?					larva feeds within seed?

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Morris, M.G., 1990	Orthocerous Weevils	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society

Trifolium medium (Zigzag Clover) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Trifolium
(clovers)

FABOIDEAE
(vetches, peas and beans)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Trifolium medium (Zigzag Clover)
Genus	Trifolium (clovers)
Subfamily	FABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
Family	FABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
Order	FABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Trifolium medium is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Faboideae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Trifolium medium (Zigzag Clover)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Pratt, E.	2005	More plants at variance with floras	BSBI News No 100: 25.

Trifolium medium (Zigzag Clover) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Trifolium
(clovers)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Trifolium medium (Zigzag Clover):

Trifolium
(clovers)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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