Lathyrus pratensis L.
(Meadow Vetchling)

Interactions where Lathyrus pratensis 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
may have adult Bruchus loti a seed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/Bruchus lotia seed beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchling (1-)summer(-12)adult may be found on
is foodplant of larva Synapion ebeninum a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Synapion ebeninum/Synapion ebeninuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchling larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Sitona ambiguus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona ambiguus/Sitona ambiguusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchling larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Major Sitona suturalis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona suturalis/Sitona suturalisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingMajor larva feeds on
(live) live has sap sucked by Foreign Acyrthosiphon pisum Pea Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) pisum/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) pisumpea aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlinglive sucks sap of live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Erysiphe trifolii a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe trifolii/Erysiphe trifoliia powdery mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlinglive cleistothecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Erysiphe trifolii a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe trifolii/Erysiphe trifoliia powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlinglive conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces pisi-sativi Pea Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces pisi-sativi/Uromyces pisi-sativipea rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlinglive telium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae Broad Bean Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabaebroad bean rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlinglive telium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae Broad Bean Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabaebroad bean rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlinglive pycnium parasitises live
anther anther may be infected and damaged by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Thecaphora lathyri a seed smut fungus Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora lathyri/Thecaphora lathyria seed smut fungusconidial anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlinganther conidial anamorph infects and damages anther
bud (vegetative bud (vegetative may contain larva ForeignRestricted Cyanapion afer a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Cyanapion (Bothryorrhynchapion) afer/Cyanapion (Bothryorrhynchapion) afera seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingbud (vegetativeSole larva feeds within bud (vegetative
flower (on anthers, pistils) flower (on anthers, pistils) may contain larva Eutrichapion viciae a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Eutrichapion (Eutrichapion) viciae/Eutrichapion (Eutrichapion) viciaea seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingflower (on anthers, pistils) larva feeds within flower (on anthers, pistils)
flower bud flower bud may contain larva Eutrichapion ervi a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Eutrichapion (Eutrichapion) ervi/Eutrichapion (Eutrichapion) ervia seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingflower bud larva feeds within flower bud
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Major Aprosthema melanurum a sawfly Hymenoptera: Argidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a), Benson, R.B., 1951
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Argidae/Aprosthema melanurum/Aprosthema melanuruma sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, scattered or loosely grouped, whitish or pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph UK/IrelandRestricted Phacellium carneum a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Phacellium sorbi (Peck) comb. nov. (Hyphomycetes), new to Britain from leaf spots on Sorbus aucuparia, Spooner, B., 2008
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium carneum/Phacellium carneuma dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycetemainly hypophyllous, scattered or loosely grouped, whitish or palesynnemaPhacellium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingfadingleafSole mainly hypophyllous, scattered or loosely grouped, whitish or pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, scattered or loosely grouped, whitish or pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph UK/IrelandRestricted Phacellium carneum a dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Phacellium sorbi (Peck) comb. nov. (Hyphomycetes), new to Britain from leaf spots on Sorbus aucuparia, Spooner, B., 2008
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium carneum/Phacellium carneuma dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycetemainly hypophyllous, scattered or loosely grouped, whitish or palesynnemaPhacellium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingliveleafSole mainly hypophyllous, scattered or loosely grouped, whitish or pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by yellowish-ochraceous, pale pink to reddish, amphigenous, punctiform caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia deusta var deusta Sweet Pea White Mould Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia deusta var. deusta/Ramularia deusta var. deustasweet pea white mouldyellowish-ochraceous, pale pink to reddish, amphigenous, punctiformcaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingliveleaf yellowish-ochraceous, pale pink to reddish, amphigenous, punctiform caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Uromyces pisi-sativi Pea Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces pisi-sativi/Uromyces pisi-sativipea rustmostly hypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingliveleaf mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae Broad Bean Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabaebroad bean rustamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous aecium Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae Broad Bean Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabaebroad bean rustmostly hypophyllousaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingliveleaf mostly hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaflet (yellowed) yellowed leaflet is parasitised by hypophyllous sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora viciae Pea Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora viciae/Peronospora viciaepea downy mildewhypophylloussporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingyellowedleaflet hypophyllous sporangium parasitises yellowed leaflet
pod (on unripe seeds) pod (on unripe seeds) may contain larva Major Oxystoma pomonae a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Oxystoma pomonae/Oxystoma pomonaea seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingpod (on unripe seeds)Major larva feeds within pod (on unripe seeds)
pod (on unripe seeds) pod (on unripe seeds) may contain larva Restricted Oxystoma subulatum a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Oxystoma subulatum/Oxystoma subulatuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingpod (on unripe seeds)Sole larva feeds within pod (on unripe seeds)
seed seed may be infected and damaged by sorus UK/Ireland Thecaphora lathyri a seed smut fungus Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae 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
Ustilaginales of the British Isles, Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora lathyri/Thecaphora lathyria seed smut fungussorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlingseed (7-9)sorus infects and damages seed
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora viciae Pea Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora viciae/Peronospora viciaepea downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/Lathyrus pratensismeadow vetchlinglivestem sporangium parasitises live stem

Lathyrus pratensis (Meadow Vetchling) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1951Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(a), 49pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fjelddalen, J., 1964Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
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
Mordue, J.E.M. & Ainsworth G.C., 1984Ustilaginales of the British IslesMycological Papers, No 154, 96pp, Commonwealth Mycological Institute
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 1997Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Spooner, B., 2008Phacellium sorbi (Peck) comb. nov. (Hyphomycetes), new to Britain from leaf spots on Sorbus aucupariaField Mycology Vol 9 (4): 121-125.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLathyrus pratensis (Meadow Vetchling)
GenusLathyrus (peas)
SubfamilyFABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
FamilyFABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
OrderFABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
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 Lathyrus pratensis (Meadow Vetchling)

Lathyrus pratensis (Meadow Vetchling) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lathyrus pratensis (Meadow Vetchling):

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