Pedicularis L.
(louseworts)

Interactions where Pedicularis 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
leaf leaf is galled by Vasates pedicularis a gall mite Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Eriophyidae/Vasates pedicularis/Vasates pedicularisa gall mite Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Pedicularis/Pedicularislousewortsleaf causes gall of leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/IrelandRestricted Longitarsus holsaticus Lousewort Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus holsaticus/Longitarsus holsaticuslousewort flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Pedicularis/PedicularislousewortsleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus holsaticus Lousewort Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus holsaticus/Longitarsus holsaticuslousewort flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Pedicularis/Pedicularislousewortsleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by scattered or gregarious pseudothecium Foreign Mycosphaerella pedicularis an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Some Microfungi on Scottish Alpine Plants, Dennis, R.W.G., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella pedicularis/Mycosphaerella pedicularisan ascomycetescattered or gregariouspseudothecium Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Pedicularis/Pedicularislousewortsdeadleaf scattered or gregarious pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium Cronartium flaccidum Scots Pine Blister Rust, Pine Resin-top Rust Pucciniales: Cronartiaceae Chrysomyxa abietis, Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Cronartiaceae/Cronartium flaccidum/Cronartium flaccidumScots pine blister rust, pine resin-top rusthypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Pedicularis/Pedicularislousewortsliveleaf hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, pustular telium Cronartium flaccidum Scots Pine Blister Rust, Pine Resin-top Rust Pucciniales: Cronartiaceae Chrysomyxa abietis, Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Cronartiaceae/Cronartium flaccidum/Cronartium flaccidumScots pine blister rust, pine resin-top rusthypophyllous, pustulartelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Pedicularis/Pedicularislousewortsliveleaf hypophyllous, pustular telium parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Dennis, R.W.G., 1997Some Microfungi on Scottish Alpine PlantsKew Bulletin Vol 52 (2): 451-458.
Kevan D.K., 1967The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 103: 83-110.
Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978Chrysomyxa abietisI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 576.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Pedicularis (louseworts) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Pedicularis palustris
Marsh Lousewort
Species 12 trophisms
Pedicularis sylvatica
Lousewort
Species 5 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPedicularis (louseworts)
FamilyOROBANCHACEAE (eyebrights, cow-wheats, louseworts & broomrapes)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Pedicularis (louseworts)

Pedicularis (louseworts) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Plant Pathology

Dovaston, H.F, & Batts, C.C.V. 1952 A study of rusts found on Pedicularis TBMS Vol 35 (2): 129-143, IN3-4.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Pedicularis (louseworts):

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