Lavatera L.
(tree-mallows)

Interactions where Lavatera 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').

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
leaf (stalk) (live)		live leaf (stalk) is spotted by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph			Colletotrichum malvarum	Lavatera Leaf Spot - causative organism	Glomerellaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 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	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum malvarum/	Colletotrichum malvarum	lavatera leaf spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Lavatera/	Lavatera	tree-mallows		live	leaf (stalk)					acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf (stalk)
leaf-mine (end of)		leaf-mine (end of) may house puparium			Chromatomyia horticola	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia horticola/	Chromatomyia horticola	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Lavatera/	Lavatera	tree-mallows			leaf-mine (end of)					puparium may be found in leaf-mine (end of)
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Chromatomyia horticola	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia horticola/	Chromatomyia horticola	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Lavatera/	Lavatera	tree-mallows			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph			Colletotrichum malvarum	Lavatera Leaf Spot - causative organism	Glomerellaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 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 British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum malvarum/	Colletotrichum malvarum	lavatera leaf spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Lavatera/	Lavatera	tree-mallows		live	leaf					acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
stem		stem may contain larva			Aspidapion radiolus	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Aspidapion (Aspidapion) radiolus/	Aspidapion (Aspidapion) radiolus	a seed weevil				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Lavatera/	Lavatera	tree-mallows			stem					larva feeds within stem
stem (live)		live stem is spotted by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph			Colletotrichum malvarum	Lavatera Leaf Spot - causative organism	Glomerellaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 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	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum malvarum/	Colletotrichum malvarum	lavatera leaf spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Lavatera/	Lavatera	tree-mallows		live	stem					acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live stem

Lavatera (tree-mallows) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MALVACEAE
(mallows & limes)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Tall Woody Herbs
(tall woody herbs)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press
Morris, M.G., 1990	Orthocerous Weevils	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Lavatera cretica Smaller Tree-mallow				Species		3 trophisms	1 references
Lavatera thuringiaca Hyeres Tree-mallow				Species		2 trophisms
Lavatera trimestris Royal Mallow				Species		1 trophisms
Lavatera x clementii (L. olbia x L. thuringiaca) a tree mallow				Species hybrid	1 subtaxa	1 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Lavatera (tree-mallows)
Family	MALVACEAE (mallows & limes)
Order	MALVALES (mallows, limes, daphnes and rockroses)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lavatera is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Malvaceae)
Tall Woody Herbs - tall woody herbs (via Malvaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lavatera (tree-mallows)

Lavatera (tree-mallows) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lavatera (tree-mallows):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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