Ajuga reptans L.
(Bugle)

Interactions where Ajuga reptans is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
has sap sucked by adult Tingis reticulata Bugle Lacebug Hemiptera: Tingidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Tingis (Tropidocheila) reticulata/Tingis (Tropidocheila) reticulatabugle lacebugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ajuga reptans/Ajuga reptansbugle adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Tingis reticulata Bugle Lacebug Hemiptera: Tingidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Tingis (Tropidocheila) reticulata/Tingis (Tropidocheila) reticulatabugle lacebugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ajuga reptans/Ajuga reptansbugle nymph sucks sap of
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Golovinomyces biocellatus 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/Golovinomyces biocellatus/Golovinomyces biocellatusa powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ajuga reptans/Ajuga reptansbuglelive parasitises live
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva Athalia cordata Bugle Sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Athalia cordata/Athalia cordatabugle sawflygregariouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ajuga reptans/Ajuga reptansbugleleaf (underside) gregarious larva grazes on leaf (underside)
leaf (live) live leaf is foodplant of scattered pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phyllosticta ajugae a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae 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/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta ajugae/Phyllosticta ajugaea coelomycetescatteredpycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ajuga reptans/Ajuga reptansbugleliveleaf (autumn)scattered pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph feeds on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse, scattered to dense caespituli of colony UK/Ireland Ramularia ajugae an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia ajugae/Ramularia ajugaean anamorphic fungusamphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse, scattered to densecaespitulicolony Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ajuga reptans/Ajuga reptansbugleliveleaf amphigenous, greyish white, punctiform to subeffuse, scattered to dense caespituli of colony causes spots on live leaf

Ajuga reptans (Bugle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
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.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAjuga reptans (Bugle)
GenusAjuga (bugles)
FamilyLAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
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 Ajuga reptans (Bugle)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon Ajuga reptans / A. x pseudopyramidalis / A. pyramidalis Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Ajuga reptans (Bugle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ajuga reptans (Bugle):

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