Pelargonium x hybridum
(cultivated geraniums)

Interactions where Pelargonium x hybridum 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').

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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
leaf (young) (live, slightly distorted and discoloured) live, slightly distorted and discoloured leaf (young) has sap sucked by Aulacorthum solani Glasshouse and Potato Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aulacorthum (Aulacorthum) solani/Aulacorthum (Aulacorthum) solaniglasshouse and potato aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Pelargonium x hybridum/Pelargonium x hybridumcultivated geraniumslive, slightly distorted and discolouredleaf (young) sucks sap of live, slightly distorted and discoloured leaf (young)
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by hypophyllous Foreign Acyrthosiphon malvae Pelargonium Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) malvae/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) malvaepelargonium aphidhypophyllous Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Pelargonium x hybridum/Pelargonium x hybridumcultivated geraniumsliveleaf hypophyllous sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by telium UK/IrelandMinor Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis Pelargonium Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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
Fungal foes in your garden no 21: Pelargonium rust., Spooner, B.M. & Fox, R.T.V., 1993
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis/Puccinia pelargonii-zonalisPelargonium rusttelium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Pelargonium x hybridum/Pelargonium x hybridumcultivated geraniumsliveleafMinor telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous uredium UK/Ireland Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis Pelargonium Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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
Fungal foes in your garden no 21: Pelargonium rust., Spooner, B.M. & Fox, R.T.V., 1993
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis/Puccinia pelargonii-zonalisPelargonium rusthypophyllousuredium Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Pelargonium x hybridum/Pelargonium x hybridumcultivated geraniumsliveleaf hypophyllous uredium causes spots on live leaf
petiole (live) live petiole has sap sucked by Foreign Acyrthosiphon malvae Pelargonium Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) malvae/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) malvaepelargonium aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Pelargonium x hybridum/Pelargonium x hybridumcultivated geraniumslivepetiole sucks sap of live petiole
stem (young) (live) live stem (young) has sap sucked by Foreign Acyrthosiphon malvae Pelargonium Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) malvae/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) malvaepelargonium aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Pelargonium x hybridum/Pelargonium x hybridumcultivated geraniumslivestem (young) sucks sap of live stem (young)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
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.
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
Spooner, B.M. & Fox, R.T.V., 1993Fungal foes in your garden no 21: Pelargonium rust.Mycologist Vol 07 (3): 149.

Pelargonium x hybridum (cultivated geraniums) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species aggregatePelargonium x hybridum (cultivated geraniums)
GenusPelargonium (cultivated geraniums)
FamilyGERANIACEAE (geraniums and storksbills)
OrderGERANIALES (geraniums and storksbills)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Pelargonium x hybridum (cultivated geraniums) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pelargonium x hybridum (cultivated geraniums):

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