Nuphar Sm.
(lesser water lilies)

Interactions where Nuphar 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
flower flower may have adult Plateumaris sericea a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris sericea/Plateumaris sericeaa reed beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nuphar/Nupharlesser water liliesflower (1-)6(-12)adult may be found on flower
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by caterpillar (young) UK/Ireland Elophila nymphaeata Brown China-mark Lepidoptera: Crambidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Elophila nymphaeata/Elophila nymphaeatabrown china-markcaterpillar (young) Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nuphar/Nupharlesser water liliesliveleaf (summer+)caterpillar (young) mines live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by mobile cased caterpillar (later) UK/Ireland Elophila nymphaeata Brown China-mark Lepidoptera: Crambidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Elophila nymphaeata/Elophila nymphaeatabrown china-markcaterpillar (later) Foodplant / mobile cased feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nuphar/Nupharlesser water liliesliveleaf (summer+)caterpillar (later) grazes in mobile case on live leaf

Nuphar (lesser water lilies) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service
Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Nuphar japonica
a waterlily
Species 1 trophisms
Nuphar lutea
Yellow Water-lily
Species 8 trophisms 2 references
Nuphar lutea x pumila = N. x spenneriana
hybrid water-lily
Species hybrid 1 references
Nuphar pumila
Least Water-lily
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusNuphar (lesser water lilies)
FamilyNYMPHAEACEAE (water lilies)
OrderNYMPHAEALES (water lilies and water shields)
SubclassPRE-DICOTS (primitive angiosperms)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Nuphar (lesser water lilies)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

  • Native Species

    • Heslop-Harrison, Y. Nuphar Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

    Nuphar (lesser water lilies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Nuphar (lesser water lilies):

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