Xanthium spinosum L.
(Spiny Cocklebur)

Interactions where Xanthium spinosum 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 Foreign Podosphaera fusca a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera fusca/Podosphaera fuscaa powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Xanthium spinosum/Xanthium spinosumspiny cockleburlive parasitises live
capitulum (live) live capitulum may contain larva Foreign Acanthiophilus helianthi Knapweed Ghost Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Acanthiophilus helianthi/Acanthiophilus helianthiknapweed ghostlarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Xanthium spinosum/Xanthium spinosumspiny cockleburlivecapitulum larva feeds within live capitulum

Author & YearTitleSource
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Xanthium spinosum (Spiny Cocklebur) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesXanthium spinosum (Spiny Cocklebur)
GenusXanthium (cockleburs)
TribeHeliantheae (a tribe of composites)
SubfamilyASTEROIDEAE (“daisies”)
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 Xanthium spinosum (Spiny Cocklebur)

Xanthium spinosum (Spiny Cocklebur) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Xanthium spinosum (Spiny Cocklebur):

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