Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz
(Few-flowered Spike-rush)

Interactions where Eleocharis quinqueflora 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
(live) live is parasitised by uredium UK/IrelandRare Puccinia eriophori Deer Grass Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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 eriophori/Puccinia eriophorideer grass rusturedium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eleocharis quinqueflora/Eleocharis quinqueflorafew-flowered spike-rushliveRare uredium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium UK/IrelandRare Puccinia eriophori Deer Grass Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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 eriophori/Puccinia eriophorideer grass rusttelium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eleocharis quinqueflora/Eleocharis quinqueflorafew-flowered spike-rushliveRare telium parasitises live
root (live, galled) live, galled root is galled by sorus UK/Ireland Entorrhiza scirpicola a smut fungus Entorrhizales: Entorrhizaceae 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/Ustilaginomycetes/Entorrhizales/Entorrhizaceae/Entorrhiza scirpicola/Entorrhiza scirpicolaa smut fungussorus Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eleocharis quinqueflora/Eleocharis quinqueflorafew-flowered spike-rushlive, galledroot (6-7)sorus causes gall of live, galled root

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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

Eleocharis quinqueflora (Few-flowered Spike-rush) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEleocharis quinqueflora (Few-flowered Spike-rush)
GenusEleocharis (spike-rushes)
FamilyCYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eleocharis quinqueflora (Few-flowered Spike-rush)

Eleocharis quinqueflora (Few-flowered Spike-rush) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Eleocharis quinqueflora (Few-flowered Spike-rush):

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