Melilotus albus Medik.
(White Melilot)

Interactions where Melilotus albus 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
is foodplant of larva Major Sitona cylindricollis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona cylindricollis/Sitona cylindricollisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus albus/Melilotus albuswhite melilotMajor larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Tychius crassirostris a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Tychius crassirostris/Tychius crassirostrisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus albus/Melilotus albuswhite melilot larva feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Foreign Erysiphe trifolii a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe trifolii/Erysiphe trifoliia powdery mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus albus/Melilotus albuswhite melilotlive cleistothecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Foreign Erysiphe trifolii a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe trifolii/Erysiphe trifoliia powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus albus/Melilotus albuswhite melilotlive conidial anamorph parasitises live
leaf leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, slightly protruding, clear brown pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foreign Ascochyta caulicola a coleomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta caulicola/Ascochyta caulicolaa coleomycetehypophyllous, slightly protruding, clear brownpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus albus/Melilotus albuswhite melilotleaf hypophyllous, slightly protruding, clear brown pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, punctiform to sub-effuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph ForeignMinor Ramularia medicaginis (A Leaf-spot Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia medicaginis/Ramularia medicaginis(a leaf-spot fungus)mainly hypophyllous, punctiform to sub-effuse, greyish whitecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus albus/Melilotus albuswhite melilotliveleafMinor mainly hypophyllous, punctiform to sub-effuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora meliloti a coelomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Stagonospora meliloti, Punithalingam, E., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora meliloti/Stagonospora melilotia coelomycetepycnidiumStagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus albus/Melilotus albuswhite melilotliveleaf pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
stem stem may contain larva Stenopterapion meliloti a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Stenopterapion (Stenopterapion) meliloti/Stenopterapion (Stenopterapion) melilotia seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus albus/Melilotus albuswhite melilotstem larva feeds within stem
stem stem is spotted by hypophyllous, slightly protruding, clear brown pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foreign Ascochyta caulicola a coleomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta caulicola/Ascochyta caulicolaa coleomycetehypophyllous, slightly protruding, clear brownpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus albus/Melilotus albuswhite melilotstem hypophyllous, slightly protruding, clear brown pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on stem

Melilotus albus (White Melilot) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
Punithalingam, E., 1990Stagonospora melilotiI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1020.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelilotus albus (White Melilot)
GenusMelilotus (melilots)
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 Melilotus albus (White Melilot)

Melilotus albus (White Melilot) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Melilotus albus (White Melilot):

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