Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC.
(Spear-leaved Orache)

Interactions where Atriplex prostrata 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').

Filters:

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			Gronops inaequalis	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Gronops inaequalis/	Gronops inaequalis	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex prostrata/	Atriplex prostrata	spear-leaved orache					Major			larva feeds on
(live)		live is parasitised by sporangium			Peronospora arborescens s. lat.	Poppy Downy Mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora arborescens s. lat./	Peronospora arborescens s. lat.	poppy downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex prostrata/	Atriplex prostrata	spear-leaved orache		live			Minor			sporangium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by sporangium			Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	Beet Downy Mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora farinosa s. lat./	Peronospora farinosa s. lat.	beet downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex prostrata/	Atriplex prostrata	spear-leaved orache		live						sporangium parasitises live
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph			Cercospora chenopodii	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora chenopodii/	Cercospora chenopodii	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		amphigenous	colony	Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex prostrata/	Atriplex prostrata	spear-leaved orache		live	leaf					amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by mainly epiphyllous, immersed, clear brown, pore darker pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria chenopodii	a coelomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	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/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria chenopodii/	Septoria chenopodii	a coelomycete		mainly epiphyllous, immersed, clear brown, pore darker	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex prostrata/	Atriplex prostrata	spear-leaved orache		live	leaf					mainly epiphyllous, immersed, clear brown, pore darker pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by mostly epiphyllous, crowded, amber coloured then black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta chenopodii	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	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/Ascochyta chenopodii/	Ascochyta chenopodii	a coelomycete		mostly epiphyllous, crowded, amber coloured then black	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex prostrata/	Atriplex prostrata	spear-leaved orache		live	leaf				(6-8)	mostly epiphyllous, crowded, amber coloured then black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, numerous, central, fuscous then black pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			Stagonospora atriplicis	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	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/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora atriplicis/	Stagonospora atriplicis	a coelomycete		epiphyllous, numerous, central, fuscous then black	pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex prostrata/	Atriplex prostrata	spear-leaved orache		live	leaf				(7-9)	epiphyllous, numerous, central, fuscous then black pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
stem (live)		live stem is spotted by epiphyllous, numerous, central, fuscous then black pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			Stagonospora atriplicis	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	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/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora atriplicis/	Stagonospora atriplicis	a coelomycete		epiphyllous, numerous, central, fuscous then black	pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Atriplex prostrata/	Atriplex prostrata	spear-leaved orache		live	stem				(7-9)	epiphyllous, numerous, central, fuscous then black pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society

Atriplex prostrata (Spear-leaved Orache) 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 prostrata (Spear-leaved Orache)
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 prostrata 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 prostrata (Spear-leaved Orache)

Atriplex prostrata (Spear-leaved Orache) 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)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Atriplex prostrata (Spear-leaved Orache):

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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