Veronica montana L.
(Wood Speedwell)

Interactions where Veronica montana 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 sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora agrestis a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae 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 montana/Veronica montanawood speedwelllive (2-4)sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Podosphaera fuliginea Speedwell Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera fuliginea/Podosphaera fuligineaspeedwell mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica montana/Veronica montanawood speedwelllive parasitises live
leaf leaf is galled by telium Puccinia veronicae Wood Speedwell Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia veronicae/Puccinia veronicaewood speedwell rusttelium Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica montana/Veronica montanawood speedwellleaf telium causes gall of leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white then pink or reddish caespituli of Ramularia anamorph Foreign Ramularia coccinea an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia coccinea/Ramularia coccineaan anamorphic fungushypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white then pink or reddishcaespituliRamularia anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica montana/Veronica montanawood speedwellliveleaf hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white then pink or reddish caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, punctiform, subeffuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia anamorph Foreign Ramularia veronicae (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia veronicae/Ramularia veronicae(an anamorphic fungus)mainly hypophyllous, punctiform, subeffuse, greyish whitecaespituliRamularia anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica montana/Veronica montanawood speedwellliveleaf mainly hypophyllous, punctiform, subeffuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous telium Puccinia veronicae Wood Speedwell 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 veronicae/Puccinia veronicaewood speedwell rusthypophylloustelium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica montana/Veronica montanawood speedwellliveleaf hypophyllous telium causes spots on live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVeronica montana (Wood 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 montana (Wood Speedwell)

Veronica montana (Wood 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 montana (Wood Speedwell):

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