Althaea officinalis L.
(Marsh-mallow)

Interactions where Althaea officinalis 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
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, sometimes dense, greyish-white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia keithii an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia keithii/Ramularia keithiian anamorphic fungusamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, sometimes dense, greyish-whitecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Althaea officinalis/Althaea officinalismarsh-mallowliveleaf amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, sometimes dense, greyish-white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
stem stem may contain larva Aspidapion soror a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Aspidapion soror/Aspidapion sorora seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Althaea officinalis/Althaea officinalismarsh-mallowstem larva feeds within stem
stem stem is foodplant of gregarious, covered by blackened epidermis, finally erumpent by a slit pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis malvacearum a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis malvacearum/Phomopsis malvacearuma coelomycetegregarious, covered by blackened epidermis, finally erumpent by a slitpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Althaea officinalis/Althaea officinalismarsh-mallowstem (7-9)gregarious, covered by blackened epidermis, finally erumpent by a slit pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph feeds on stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, or aggregated in oblong patches, fuscous pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Diplodina malvae a coelomycete Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae 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/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Diplodina malvae/Diplodina malvaea coelomycetescattered, or aggregated in oblong patches, fuscouspycnidiumDiplodina coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Althaea officinalis/Althaea officinalismarsh-mallowdeadstem (4-11)scattered, or aggregated in oblong patches, fuscous pycnidium of Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

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
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Althaea officinalis (Marsh-mallow) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlthaea officinalis (Marsh-mallow)
GenusAlthaea (marsh-mallows)
FamilyMALVACEAE (mallows & limes)
OrderMALVALES (mallows, limes, daphnes and rockroses)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
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Althaea officinalis (Marsh-mallow) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Althaea officinalis (Marsh-mallow):

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