Clinopodium vulgare L.
(Wild Basil)

Interactions where Clinopodium vulgare 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 larva Meligethes bidens a pollen beetle Coleoptera: Nitidulidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Meligethes bidens/Meligethes bidensa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clinopodium vulgare/Clinopodium vulgarewild basil larva feeds on
has sap sucked by Rhopalus subrufus a rhopalid bug Hemiptera: Rhopalidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusa rhopalid bug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clinopodium vulgare/Clinopodium vulgarewild basil sucks sap of
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia menthae Mint 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 menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clinopodium vulgare/Clinopodium vulgarewild basillive pycnium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Puccinia menthae Mint 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 menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rustaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clinopodium vulgare/Clinopodium vulgarewild basillive aecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Puccinia menthae Mint 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 menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rusturedium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clinopodium vulgare/Clinopodium vulgarewild basillive uredium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Puccinia menthae Mint 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 menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clinopodium vulgare/Clinopodium vulgarewild basillive telium parasitises live
leaf leaf is mined by larva Restricted Phytomyza obscura a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza obscura/Phytomyza obscuraa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clinopodium vulgare/Clinopodium vulgarewild basilleafSole larva mines leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenousamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia lamii var minor an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia lamii var. minor/Ramularia lamii var. minoran anamorphic fungusamphigenousamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to densecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clinopodium vulgare/Clinopodium vulgarewild basilliveleaf amphigenousamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
stem (lower) stem (lower) may contain larva Questionable Squamapion flavimanum a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Squamapion flavimanum/Squamapion flavimanuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clinopodium vulgare/Clinopodium vulgarewild basil?stem (lower) larva feeds within stem (lower)
stem (near a node) stem (near a node) may house puparium Ophiomyia labiatarum a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia labiatarum/Ophiomyia labiataruma leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clinopodium vulgare/Clinopodium vulgarewild basilstem (near a node) puparium may be found in stem (near a node)
stem (upper) (old) old stem (upper) is foodplant of widely scattered, covered pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria clinopodii a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria clinopodii/Septoria clinopodiia leaf-spot funguswidely scattered, coveredpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clinopodium vulgare/Clinopodium vulgarewild basiloldstem (upper) (2,5)widely scattered, covered pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph feeds on old stem (upper)
stem stem is mined by larva Ophiomyia labiatarum a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia labiatarum/Ophiomyia labiataruma leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clinopodium vulgare/Clinopodium vulgarewild basilstem larva mines stem

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
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
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
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Clinopodium vulgare (Wild Basil) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClinopodium vulgare (Wild Basil)
GenusClinopodium (calamints, calamint cultivar)
FamilyLAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Clinopodium vulgare (Wild Basil)

Clinopodium vulgare (Wild Basil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Clinopodium vulgare (Wild Basil):

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