Alisma plantago-aquatica L.
(Water-plantain)

Interactions where Alisma plantago-aquatica 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 UK/IrelandQuestionable Bagous robustus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bagous robustus/Bagous robustusa weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/Alisma plantago-aquaticawater-plantain? feeds on
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Hydronomus alismatis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hydronomus alismatis/Hydronomus alismatisa weevillarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/Alisma plantago-aquaticawater-plantainleaf larva mines leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by minute, mostly hypophyllous, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta alismatis a coelomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta alismatis/Ascochyta alismatisa coelomyceteminute, mostly hypophyllous, blackpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/Alisma plantago-aquaticawater-plantainfadingleaf (10)minute, mostly hypophyllous, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by very small, mostly hypophyllous, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Spermosporina alismatis an anamorphic fungus Plectosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Plectosphaerellaceae/Spermosporina alismatis/Spermosporina alismatisan anamorphic fungusvery small, mostly hypophyllous, blackpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/Alisma plantago-aquaticawater-plantainfadingleaf (10)very small, mostly hypophyllous, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by larva UK/IrelandMajor Hydronomus alismatis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hydronomus alismatis/Hydronomus alismatisa weevillarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/Alisma plantago-aquaticawater-plantainliveleafMajor larva mines live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by gregarious pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Phyllosticta alismatis a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta alismatis/Phyllosticta alismatisa coelomycetegregariouspycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/Alisma plantago-aquaticawater-plantainliveleaf (8-9)gregarious pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mostly epiphyllous, immersed pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phyllosticta alismatis form santonensis a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta alismatis forma santonensis/Phyllosticta alismatis forma santonensisa coelomycetemostly epiphyllous, immersedpycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/Alisma plantago-aquaticawater-plantainliveleaf (8)mostly epiphyllous, immersed pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, numerous, pale brown then darker pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta boydii a coelomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta boydii/Ascochyta boydiia coelomyceteepiphyllous, numerous, pale brown then darkerpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/Alisma plantago-aquaticawater-plantainliveleaf (7-9)epiphyllous, numerous, pale brown then darker pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by sorus UK/Ireland Doassansia alismatis Water-plantain Smut Doassansiales: Doassansiaceae 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/Ustilaginomycetes/Doassansiales/Doassansiaceae/Doassansia alismatis/Doassansia alismatiswater-plantain smutsorus Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/Alisma plantago-aquaticawater-plantainliveleaf (7-10)sorus causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by Foreign Physoderma maculare a chytridiomycete fungus Blastocladiales: Physodermataceae British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma maculare/Physoderma macularea chytridiomycete fungus Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/Alisma plantago-aquaticawater-plantainliveleaf causes gall of live leaf
leaf (moribund) moribund leaf is spotted by sorus UK/Ireland Doassansia alismatis Water-plantain Smut Doassansiales: Doassansiaceae 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/Ustilaginomycetes/Doassansiales/Doassansiaceae/Doassansia alismatis/Doassansia alismatiswater-plantain smutsorus Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/Alisma plantago-aquaticawater-plantainmoribundleaf (7-10)sorus causes spots on moribund leaf
leaf (yellowing) yellowing leaf is spotted by colony of Spermosporina anamorph UK/Ireland Spermosporina alismatis an anamorphic fungus Plectosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
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/Sordariomycetes/Plectosphaerellaceae/Spermosporina alismatis/Spermosporina alismatisan anamorphic funguscolonySpermosporina anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/Alisma plantago-aquaticawater-plantainyellowingleaf (7-10)colony of Spermosporina anamorph causes spots on yellowing leaf
stem (dead, submerged) dead, submerged stem is decayed by gregarious, erumpent ascoma Foreign Massariosphaeria fridae (An Aquatic Ascomycete) Pleosporales: Thyridariaceae Massariosphaeria fridae, a new freshwater ascomycete, Spooren, M., 2007
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Thyridariaceae/Massariosphaeria fridae/Massariosphaeria fridae(an aquatic ascomycete)gregarious, erumpentascoma Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/Alisma plantago-aquaticawater-plantaindead, submergedstem (6)gregarious, erumpent ascoma is saprobic on dead, submerged stem
stem (live) live stem is galled by Foreign Physoderma maculare a chytridiomycete fungus Blastocladiales: Physodermataceae British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma maculare/Physoderma macularea chytridiomycete fungus Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma plantago-aquatica/Alisma plantago-aquaticawater-plantainlivestem causes gall of live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, 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
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
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungiAIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service
Spooren, M., 2007Massariosphaeria fridae, a new freshwater ascomycetePersoonia Vol 19 (2): 261-263.

Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain)
GenusAlisma (water-plantains)
FamilyALISMATACEAE (water-plantains)
OrderALISMATALES (pond plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain)

Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water-plantain):

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