Ceanothus
(California lilacs)

Interactions where Ceanothus 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 pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phoma leveillei a coelomycete Pleosporales Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma leveillei/Phoma leveilleia coelomycetepycnidiumPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Ceanothus/CeanothusCalifornia lilacs pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
may be infected and damaged by UK/Ireland Phloeosporella ceanothi a leaf-spot fungus Helotiales: Dermateaceae Phloeosporella ceanothi causing leaf spot and dieback on Ceanothus in the UK, Denton, J., Henricot, B., Denton, G., Barnes, A.V. & Beales, P.A., 2008
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Phloeosporella ceanothi/Phloeosporella ceanothia leaf-spot fungus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Ceanothus/CeanothusCalifornia lilacs infects and damages
is parasitised by UK/Ireland Cylindrocladium pauciramosum a mould Hypocreales: Nectriaceae First record of Cylindrocladium pauciramosum on Ceanothus in the UK, Lane, C.R., Beales, P.A., Henricot, B. & Holden, A., 2005
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Cylindrocladium pauciramosum/Cylindrocladium pauciramosuma mould Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Ceanothus/CeanothusCalifornia lilacs parasitises
may be infected and damaged by UK/Ireland Armillaria honey fungi Agaricales: Physalacriaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria/Armillariahoney fungi Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Ceanothus/CeanothusCalifornia lilacs infects and damages
branch (live) live branch is decayed by densely encrusting Lepidosaphes ulmi Mussel Scale Hemiptera: Coccidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Lepidosaphes ulmi/Lepidosaphes ulmimussel scaledensely encrusting Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Ceanothus/CeanothusCalifornia lilacslivebranch densely encrusting is saprobic on live branch
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/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Ceanothus/CeanothusCalifornia lilacslivegreen part sucks sap of live green part
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by caterpillar Orgyia antiqua Vapourer Lepidoptera: Erebidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourercaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Ceanothus/CeanothusCalifornia lilacsliveleaf (-7/8)caterpillar grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by Parthenolecanium corni Brown Scale, Peach Scale, European Fruit Lecanium Hemiptera: Coccidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Parthenolecanium corni/Parthenolecanium cornibrown scale, peach scale, european fruit lecanium Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Ceanothus/CeanothusCalifornia lilacsliveleaf sucks sap of live leaf
shoot (live) live shoot has sap sucked by Parthenolecanium corni Brown Scale, Peach Scale, European Fruit Lecanium Hemiptera: Coccidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Parthenolecanium corni/Parthenolecanium cornibrown scale, peach scale, european fruit lecanium Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Ceanothus/CeanothusCalifornia lilacsliveshoot sucks sap of live shoot
stem (woody) (live) live stem (woody) is decayed by densely encrusting Lepidosaphes ulmi Mussel Scale Hemiptera: Coccidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Lepidosaphes ulmi/Lepidosaphes ulmimussel scaledensely encrusting Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Ceanothus/CeanothusCalifornia lilacslivestem (woody) densely encrusting is saprobic on live stem (woody)
stem (live) live stem has sap sucked by Parthenolecanium corni Brown Scale, Peach Scale, European Fruit Lecanium Hemiptera: Coccidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Parthenolecanium corni/Parthenolecanium cornibrown scale, peach scale, european fruit lecanium Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Ceanothus/CeanothusCalifornia lilacslivestem sucks sap of live stem
stem (live) live stem has sap sucked by Chionaspis salicis Willow Scale Hemiptera: Diaspididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Ceanothus/CeanothusCalifornia lilacslivestem sucks sap of 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
Denton, J., Henricot, B., Denton, G., Barnes, A.V. & Beales, P.A., 2008Phloeosporella ceanothi causing leaf spot and dieback on Ceanothus in the UKNew Disease Reports Vol 16: 782.
Lane, C.R., Beales, P.A., Henricot, B. & Holden, A., 2005First record of Cylindrocladium pauciramosum on Ceanothus in the UKNew Disease Reports Vol 11.
Moore, W.C., 1959British Parasitic Fungi430pp, Cambridge University Press

Ceanothus (California lilacs) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCeanothus (California lilacs)
FamilyRHAMNACEAE (buckthorns)
OrderROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
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 Ceanothus (California lilacs)

Ceanothus (California lilacs) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ceanothus (California lilacs):

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