CACTACEAE
(cacti)

Interactions where CACTACEAE 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
green part (live) live green part has sap sucked by Pseudococcus a genus of mealybugs Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Pseudococcus/Pseudococcusa genus of mealybugs Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/Cactaceaecactilivegreen part sucks sap of live green part
root root is galled by Major Meloidogyne root-knot eelworms Tylenchida: Meloidogynidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea/Tylenchida/Meloidogynidae/Meloidogyne/Meloidogyneroot-knot eelworms Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/CactaceaecactirootMajor causes gall of root
root root is foodplant of Cylindrocarpon anamorph UK/Ireland Cylindrocarpon olidum var crassum an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Nectriaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Cylindrocarpon olidum var. crassum/Cylindrocarpon olidum var. crassuman anamorphic fungusCylindrocarpon anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/Cactaceaecactiroot Cylindrocarpon anamorph feeds on root
root (cysted) cysted root is galled by Heterodera cacti Cactus Cyst Eelworm Tylenchida: Heteroderidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea/Tylenchida/Heteroderidae/Heterodera cacti/Heterodera cacticactus cyst eelworm Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/Cactaceaecacticystedroot causes gall of cysted root
root (live) live root has sap sucked by Major Rhizoecus root mealybugs Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Rhizoecus/Rhizoecusroot mealybugs Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/CactaceaecactiliverootMajor sucks sap of live root
stem base (live) live stem base has sap sucked by Major Rhizoecus root mealybugs Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Rhizoecus/Rhizoecusroot mealybugs Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/Cactaceaecactilivestem baseMajor sucks sap of live stem base
stem stem of seedling may be infected and damaged by colony Erwinia carotovora Bacterial Soft Rot Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Erwinia carotovora/Erwinia carotovorabacterial soft rotcolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/Cactaceaecactistemseedling colony infects and damages stem of seedling
stem stem of mature may be infected and damaged by colony Erwinia carotovora Bacterial Soft Rot Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Erwinia carotovora/Erwinia carotovorabacterial soft rotcolony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/Cactaceaecactistemmature colony infects and damages stem of mature
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed, but more or less prominent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis cacti a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis cacti/Phomopsis cactia coelomyceteimmersed, but more or less prominentpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/Cactaceaecactideadstem immersed, but more or less prominent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live) live stem may be infected and damaged by colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph Drechslera cactivora a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Drechslera cactivora, Punithalingam, E., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Drechslera cactivora/Drechslera cactivoraa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyDrechslera dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/Cactaceaecactilivestem colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
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
Punithalingam, E., 1990Drechslera cactivoraI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1008.

CACTACEAE (cacti) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Genus 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCACTACEAE (cacti)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

CACTACEAE (cacti) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Mace, T. British Cactus and Succulent Society www.bcss.org.uk/

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CACTACEAE (cacti):

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