Veronica chamaedrys L.
(Germander Speedwell)

Interactions where Veronica chamaedrys 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 larva Gymnetron melanarium a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Gymnetron melanarium/Gymnetron melanariuma weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica chamaedrys/Veronica chamaedrysgermander speedwell larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Gymnetron rostellum a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Gymnetron rostellum/Gymnetron rostelluma weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica chamaedrys/Veronica chamaedrysgermander speedwell larva feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora agrestis 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 agrestis/Peronospora agrestisa downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica chamaedrys/Veronica chamaedrysgermander speedwelllive (2-4)sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Podosphaera fuliginea Speedwell 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/Podosphaera fuliginea/Podosphaera fuligineaspeedwell mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica chamaedrys/Veronica chamaedrysgermander speedwelllive cleistothecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by mycelium of conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Podosphaera fuliginea Speedwell 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/Podosphaera fuliginea/Podosphaera fuligineaspeedwell mildewmyceliumconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica chamaedrys/Veronica chamaedrysgermander speedwelllive mycelium of conidial anamorph parasitises live
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, often few, pallid then fuscous black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria veronicae a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria veronicae/Septoria veronicaea leaf-spot fungusepiphyllous, often few, pallid then fuscous blackpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica chamaedrys/Veronica chamaedrysgermander speedwellfadingleaf (8)epiphyllous, often few, pallid then fuscous black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, scattered, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph Foreign Phacellium veronicae (A Dematiaceous Hyphomycete) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium veronicae/Phacellium veronicae(a dematiaceous hyphomycete)hypophyllous, scattered, palesynnemaPhacellium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica chamaedrys/Veronica chamaedrysgermander speedwellliveleaf hypophyllous, scattered, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, inconspicuous caespituli of Ramularia anamorph UK/IrelandRestricted Ramularia chamaedryos an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia chamaedryos/Ramularia chamaedryosan anamorphic fungushypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, inconspicuouscaespituliRamularia anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica chamaedrys/Veronica chamaedrysgermander speedwellliveleafSole hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, inconspicuous caespituli of Ramularia anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, often few, pallid then fuscous black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria veronicae a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria veronicae/Septoria veronicaea leaf-spot fungusepiphyllous, often few, pallid then fuscous blackpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica chamaedrys/Veronica chamaedrysgermander speedwellliveleaf (8)epiphyllous, often few, pallid then fuscous black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
stem (near ground) (live) live stem (near ground) is galled by UK/Ireland Sorosphaera veronicae a protozoan slime-mould Plasmodiophorida: Plasmodiophoridae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
An unusual gall-forming fungus Sorosphaera veronicae on Veronica spp. in Britain, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Sorosphaera veronicae/Sorosphaera veronicaea protozoan slime-mould Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica chamaedrys/Veronica chamaedrysgermander speedwelllivestem (near ground) (2-6)causes gall of live stem (near ground)

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Preece, T.F., 2002An unusual gall-forming fungus Sorosphaera veronicae on Veronica spp. in BritainMycologist Vol 16 (1): 27-28.

Veronica chamaedrys (Germander Speedwell) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVeronica chamaedrys (Germander Speedwell)
GenusVeronica (speedwells)
FamilyPLANTAGINACEAE (toadflaxes, speedwells, foxgloves and plantains)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Veronica chamaedrys (Germander Speedwell)

Veronica chamaedrys (Germander Speedwell) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Veronica chamaedrys (Germander Speedwell):

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