Centaurea cyanus L.
(Cornflower)

Interactions where Centaurea cyanus 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
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandRare Bremia lactucae Lettuce Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Bremia lactucae/Bremia lactucaelettuce downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea cyanus/Centaurea cyanuscornflowerliveRare sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Golovinomyces cichoracearum a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cichoracearum/Golovinomyces cichoracearuma powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea cyanus/Centaurea cyanuscornflowerlive parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia cyani Centaurea Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia cyani/Puccinia cyanicentaurea rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea cyanus/Centaurea cyanuscornflowerlive pycnium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by uredinoid aecium Puccinia cyani Centaurea Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia cyani/Puccinia cyanicentaurea rusturedinoidaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea cyanus/Centaurea cyanuscornflowerlive uredinoid aecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Puccinia cyani Centaurea Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia cyani/Puccinia cyanicentaurea rusturedium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea cyanus/Centaurea cyanuscornflowerlive uredium parasitises live
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Foreign Chaetostomella cylindrica a gall fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Chaetostomella cylindrica/Chaetostomella cylindricaa gall flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea cyanus/Centaurea cyanuscornflowercapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva ForeignQuestionable Trupanea stellata Star-winged Ragwort Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trupanea stellata/Trupanea stellatastar-winged ragwort flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea cyanus/Centaurea cyanuscornflower?capitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum is galled by larva Foreign Urophora quadrifasciata Four-banded Knapweed Gall-fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora quadrifasciata/Urophora quadrifasciatafour-banded knapweed gall-flylarva Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea cyanus/Centaurea cyanuscornflowercapitulum larva causes gall of capitulum
capitulum (live) live capitulum may contain larva Foreign Acanthiophilus helianthi Knapweed Ghost Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Acanthiophilus helianthi/Acanthiophilus helianthiknapweed ghostlarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea cyanus/Centaurea cyanuscornflowerlivecapitulum larva feeds within live capitulum
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Puccinia cyani Centaurea Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia cyani/Puccinia cyanicentaurea rustamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea cyanus/Centaurea cyanuscornflowerliveleaf amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
stem stem is mined by larva Foreign Ophiomyia curvipalpis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Spencer, K.A., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/Ophiomyia curvipalpisa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea cyanus/Centaurea cyanuscornflowerstem larva mines stem
stem stem may house puparium Ophiomyia curvipalpis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Spencer, K.A., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia curvipalpis/Ophiomyia curvipalpisa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea cyanus/Centaurea cyanuscornflowerstem puparium may be found in stem

Centaurea cyanus (Cornflower) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Moore, W.C., 1959British Parasitic Fungi430pp, Cambridge University Press
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Spencer, K.A., 1976The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and DenmarkFauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 5 (parts 1 and 2), 606pp, Scandinavian Science Press
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCentaurea cyanus (Cornflower)
GenusCentaurea (knapweeds and star-thistles)
TribeCardueae (“thistles”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
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 Centaurea cyanus (Cornflower)

Centaurea cyanus (Cornflower) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Centaurea cyanus (Cornflower):

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