Cardamine pratensis L.
(Lady’S Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)

Interactions where Cardamine pratensis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 Muntiacus reevesi Muntjac, Barking Deer, Chinese Muntjac Artiodactyla: Cervidae The Impact of Deer on Woodland Biodiversity, Gill, R., 2000
/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Cervidae/Muntiacus reevesi/Muntiacus reevesimuntjac, barking deer, Chinese muntjac Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine pratensis/Cardamine pratensislady’s smock, cuckoo flower, cuckooflower feeds on
is foodplant of larva Ceutorhynchus cochleariae a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus cochleariae/Ceutorhynchus cochleariaea weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine pratensis/Cardamine pratensislady’s smock, cuckoo flower, cuckooflower larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Ceutorhynchus pervicax a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus pervicax/Ceutorhynchus pervicaxa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine pratensis/Cardamine pratensislady’s smock, cuckoo flower, cuckooflower larva feeds on
has sap sucked by adult Major Eurydema dominulus a shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine pratensis/Cardamine pratensislady’s smock, cuckoo flower, cuckooflowerMajor adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Major Eurydema dominulus a shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine pratensis/Cardamine pratensislady’s smock, cuckoo flower, cuckooflowerMajor nymph sucks sap of
(live) live is parasitised by colony of sporangium UK/Ireland Hyaloperonospora parasitica Brassica Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Hyaloperonospora parasitica/Hyaloperonospora parasiticabrassica downy mildewcolonysporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine pratensis/Cardamine pratensislady’s smock, cuckoo flower, cuckooflowerlive (1-4)colony of sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by Foreign Erysiphe cruciferarum a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe cruciferarum/Erysiphe cruciferaruma powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine pratensis/Cardamine pratensislady’s smock, cuckoo flower, cuckooflowerlive parasitises live
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia cardamines an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia cardamines/Ramularia cardaminesan anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine pratensis/Cardamine pratensislady’s smock, cuckoo flower, cuckooflowerliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
pollen? pollen? is foodplant of adult Bruchus loti a seed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/Bruchus lotia seed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine pratensis/Cardamine pratensislady’s smock, cuckoo flower, cuckooflowerpollen? (1-)summer(-12)adult feeds on pollen?

Cardamine pratensis (Lady’S Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Gill, R., 2000The Impact of Deer on Woodland BiodiversityForestry Commission Information Notes, 36, 6pp, Forestry Commission
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCardamine pratensis (Lady’S Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)
GenusCardamine (bitter-cresses)
FamilyBRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
OrderBRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiders flowers and garden nasturtiums)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cardamine pratensis (Lady’S Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower)

Cardamine pratensis (Lady’S Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Cardamine pratensis (Lady’S Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower):

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