Atriplex portulacoides L.
(Sea Purslane, Sea-purslane)

Interactions where Atriplex portulacoides 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 larva			Cosmobaris scolopacea	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cosmobaris scolopacea/	Cosmobaris scolopacea	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane								larva feeds on
		is foodplant of			Orthotylus moncreaffi	a plantbug or grassbug	Hemiptera: Miridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) moncreaffi/	Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) moncreaffi	a plantbug or grassbug					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane					Major			feeds on
		has sap sucked by nymph			Henestaris halophilus	a ground bug	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Henestaris halophilus/	Henestaris halophilus	a ground bug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane								nymph sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by adult			Henestaris halophilus	a ground bug	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Henestaris halophilus/	Henestaris halophilus	a ground bug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane								adult sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by adult			Parapiesma quadratum ssp quadratum	Beet Leaf Bug	Hemiptera: Piesmatidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Piesmatidae/Parapiesma quadratum subsp. quadratum/	Parapiesma quadratum subsp. quadratum	beet leaf bug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane					Major			adult sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by nymph			Parapiesma quadratum ssp quadratum	Beet Leaf Bug	Hemiptera: Piesmatidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Piesmatidae/Parapiesma quadratum subsp. quadratum/	Parapiesma quadratum subsp. quadratum	beet leaf bug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane					Major			nymph sucks sap of
(live)		live is parasitised by sporangium			Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	Beet 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 farinosa s. lat./	Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	beet downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane		live			Rare			sporangium parasitises live
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by gregarious, linearly arranged, immersed, becoming erumpent, pale fuscous with darker pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta obiones	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	The mycoflora associated with Halimione portulacoides IV: Observations on some species of Sphaeropsidales, Dickinson, C.H. & Morgan-Jones, G., 1966 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Ascochyta obiones/	Ascochyta obiones	a coelomycete		gregarious, linearly arranged, immersed, becoming erumpent, pale fuscous with darker pore	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane		dead	leaf				(4-6)	gregarious, linearly arranged, immersed, becoming erumpent, pale fuscous with darker pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
propagule (dead)		dead propagule is decayed by gregarious, immersed, becoming erumpent pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Coniothyrium obiones	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Coniothyriaceae	The mycoflora associated with Halimione portulacoides IV: Observations on some species of Sphaeropsidales, Dickinson, C.H. & Morgan-Jones, G., 1966 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Coniothyriaceae/Coniothyrium obiones/	Coniothyrium obiones	a coelomycete		gregarious, immersed, becoming erumpent	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane		dead	propagule				(5-11)	gregarious, immersed, becoming erumpent pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead propagule
propagule (dead)		dead propagule is decayed by gregarious, linearly arranged, immersed, becoming erumpent, pale fuscous with darker pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta obiones	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	The mycoflora associated with Halimione portulacoides IV: Observations on some species of Sphaeropsidales, Dickinson, C.H. & Morgan-Jones, G., 1966 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Ascochyta obiones/	Ascochyta obiones	a coelomycete		gregarious, linearly arranged, immersed, becoming erumpent, pale fuscous with darker pore	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane		dead	propagule				(4-6)	gregarious, linearly arranged, immersed, becoming erumpent, pale fuscous with darker pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead propagule
rootstock		rootstock is foodplant of basally immersed pseudothecium			Byssothecium circinans	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Massarinaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Byssothecium circinans/	Byssothecium circinans	an ascomycete		basally immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane			rootstock					basally immersed pseudothecium feeds on rootstock
stem (dead, blackened area)		dead, blackened area stem is decayed by gregarious pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Phomopsis piceae	a coelomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis piceae/	Phomopsis piceae	a coelomycete		gregarious	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane		dead, blackened area	stem				(9-10)	gregarious pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, blackened area stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by pycnidium of Camarosporium coelomycetous anamorph			Camarosporium roumeguerei	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales	The mycoflora associated with Halimione portulacoides IV: Observations on some species of Sphaeropsidales, Dickinson, C.H. & Morgan-Jones, G., 1966 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Camarosporium roumeguerei/	Camarosporium roumeguerei	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Camarosporium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane		dead	stem				(4-11)	pycnidium of Camarosporium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by gregarious, immersed, becoming erumpent pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Coniothyrium obiones	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Coniothyriaceae	The mycoflora associated with Halimione portulacoides IV: Observations on some species of Sphaeropsidales, Dickinson, C.H. & Morgan-Jones, G., 1966 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Coniothyriaceae/Coniothyrium obiones/	Coniothyrium obiones	a coelomycete		gregarious, immersed, becoming erumpent	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane		dead	stem				(5-11)	gregarious, immersed, becoming erumpent pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by gregarious, linearly arranged, immersed, becoming erumpent, pale fuscous with darker pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta obiones	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae	The mycoflora associated with Halimione portulacoides IV: Observations on some species of Sphaeropsidales, Dickinson, C.H. & Morgan-Jones, G., 1966 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Ascochyta obiones/	Ascochyta obiones	a coelomycete		gregarious, linearly arranged, immersed, becoming erumpent, pale fuscous with darker pore	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex portulacoides/	Atriplex portulacoides	sea purslane, sea-purslane		dead	stem				(4-6)	gregarious, linearly arranged, immersed, becoming erumpent, pale fuscous with darker pore pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Dickinson, C.H. & Morgan-Jones, G., 1966	The mycoflora associated with Halimione portulacoides IV: Observations on some species of Sphaeropsidales	TBMS Vol 49 (1): 43-55.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Atriplex portulacoides (Sea Purslane, Sea-purslane) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Atriplex
(oraches)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

’Chenopodiaceae’
(the old Chenopodiaceae)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Atriplex portulacoides (Sea Purslane, Sea-purslane)
Genus	Atriplex (oraches)
Family	AMARANTHACEAE (goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)
Order	CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Atriplex portulacoides is also a member of:
’Chenopodiaceae’ - the old Chenopodiaceae (via Atriplex)
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via ’Chenopodiaceae’)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Atriplex portulacoides (Sea Purslane, Sea-purslane)

Atriplex portulacoides (Sea Purslane, Sea-purslane) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Atriplex
(oraches)

AMARANTHACEAE
(goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Plant Pathology
Dickinson, C.H. & Morgan-Jones, G.	1966	The mycoflora associated with Halimione portulacoides IV: Observations on some species of Sphaeropsidales	TBMS Vol 49 (1): 43-55.
Dickinson, C.H. & Pugh, G.J.F.	1965	The mycoflora associated with Halimione portulacoides II: Root surface fungi of mature and excised plants	TBMS Vol 48 (4): 595-602.
Dickinson, C.H. & Pugh, G.J.F.	1965	The mycoflora associated with Halimione portulacoides I: The establishment of the root surface flora of mature plants	TBMS Vol 48 (3): 381-390.
Dickinson, C.H.	1965	The mycoflora associated with Halimione portulacoides III: Fungi on green and moribund leaves.	TBMS Vol 48 (4): 603-610.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Atriplex portulacoides (Sea Purslane, Sea-purslane):

Atriplex
(oraches)

AMARANTHACEAE
(goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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