Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L.
(Frogbit)

Interactions where Hydrocharis morsus-ranae 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').

Filters:

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 Foreign Bagous puncticollis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bagous puncticollis/Bagous puncticollisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Hydrocharitaceae/Hydrocharis morsus-ranae/Hydrocharis morsus-ranaefrogbit larva feeds on
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Galerucella sagittariae a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella sagittariae/Galerucella sagittariaea leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Hydrocharitaceae/Hydrocharis morsus-ranae/Hydrocharis morsus-ranaefrogbitleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Galerucella sagittariae a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella sagittariae/Galerucella sagittariaea leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Hydrocharitaceae/Hydrocharis morsus-ranae/Hydrocharis morsus-ranaefrogbitleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Tracya hydrocharidis Frogbit Smut Doassansiales: Doassansiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
European Smut Fungi, Vánky, K., 1994
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Doassansiales/Doassansiaceae/Tracya hydrocharidis/Tracya hydrocharidisfrogbit smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Hydrocharitaceae/Hydrocharis morsus-ranae/Hydrocharis morsus-ranaefrogbitliveleaf embedded sorus causes spots on live leaf
petiole (live) live petiole is spotted by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Tracya hydrocharidis Frogbit Smut Doassansiales: Doassansiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
European Smut Fungi, Vánky, K., 1994
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Doassansiales/Doassansiaceae/Tracya hydrocharidis/Tracya hydrocharidisfrogbit smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Hydrocharitaceae/Hydrocharis morsus-ranae/Hydrocharis morsus-ranaefrogbitlivepetiole embedded sorus causes spots on live petiole

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
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., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungiMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.
Vánky, K., 1994European Smut Fungi570pp, Gustav Fischer Verlag

Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (Frogbit) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHydrocharis morsus-ranae (Frogbit)
FamilyHYDROCHARITACEAE (waterweeds)
OrderALISMATALES (pond plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (Frogbit)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Wilson, P. 2004 Frogbit Vol 15, No 4 Page: 243

Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (Frogbit) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (Frogbit):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 17 images of Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (Frogbit)

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