Persicaria vivipara (L.) Ronse Decr.
(Alpine Bistort)

Interactions where Persicaria vivipara 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
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia septentrionalis	Alpine 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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia septentrionalis/	Puccinia septentrionalis	alpine rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/	Persicaria vivipara	alpine bistort		live						telium parasitises live
bulbil (live, swollen)		live, swollen bulbil is galled by sorus			Microbotryum bistortarum	a microbotryan smut	Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae	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 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum bistortarum/	Microbotryum bistortarum	a microbotryan smut				sorus	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/	Persicaria vivipara	alpine bistort		live, swollen	bulbil				(6)	sorus causes gall of live, swollen bulbil
flower (live, swollen)		live, swollen flower is galled by sorus			Microbotryum bistortarum	a microbotryan smut	Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae	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 Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum bistortarum/	Microbotryum bistortarum	a microbotryan smut				sorus	Foodplant / gall		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/	Persicaria vivipara	alpine bistort		live, swollen	flower				(6)	sorus causes gall of live, swollen flower
leaf		leaf is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia bistortae	a rust fungus	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia bistortae/	Puccinia bistortae	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/	Persicaria vivipara	alpine bistort			leaf					uredium parasitises leaf
leaf		leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium			Puccinia bistortae	a rust fungus	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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia bistortae/	Puccinia bistortae	a rust fungus		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/	Persicaria vivipara	alpine bistort			leaf					hypophyllous telium parasitises leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Bostrichonema anamorph			Bostrichonema polygoni	an anamorphic fungus		Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Bostrichonema polygoni/	Bostrichonema polygoni	an anamorphic fungus		hypophyllous	colony	Bostrichonema anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/	Persicaria vivipara	alpine bistort		live	leaf					hypophyllous colony of Bostrichonema anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by Bostrychonema anamorph			Bostrychonema alpestre	an anamorphic fungus		Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Bostrychonema alpestre/	Bostrychonema alpestre	an anamorphic fungus				Bostrychonema anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/	Persicaria vivipara	alpine bistort		live	leaf					Bostrychonema anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, whitish, lax caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia bistortae	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia bistortae/	Ramularia bistortae	an anamorphic fungus		amphigenous, whitish, lax	caespituli	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/	Persicaria vivipara	alpine bistort		live	leaf					amphigenous, whitish, lax caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by embedded, rounded sorus			Microbotryum pustulatum	Bistort Blister	Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum pustulatum/	Microbotryum pustulatum	bistort blister		embedded, rounded		sorus	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/	Persicaria vivipara	alpine bistort		live	leaf					embedded, rounded sorus parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by embedded, rounded sorus			Microbotryum pustulatum	Bistort Blister	Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum pustulatum/	Microbotryum pustulatum	bistort blister		embedded, rounded		sorus	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/	Persicaria vivipara	alpine bistort	?	live	leaf					embedded, rounded sorus parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium			Puccinia septentrionalis	Alpine 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	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia septentrionalis/	Puccinia septentrionalis	alpine rust		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/	Persicaria vivipara	alpine bistort		live	leaf					hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
root (live)		live root is ectomycorrhizal host of mycelium			Cenococcum geophilum	an ascomycete	Mytilinidiales: Gloniaceae	Observations on the mycorrhizal status of Polygonum viviparum in the Polish Tatra Mts. (Western Carpathians), Ronikier, M. & Mleczko, P., 2006	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Gloniaceae/Cenococcum geophilum/	Cenococcum geophilum	an ascomycete			mycelium		Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/	Persicaria vivipara	alpine bistort		live	root					mycelium is ectomycorrhizal with live root

Persicaria vivipara (Alpine Bistort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Persicaria
(knotweeds)

POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1995	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
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
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ronikier, M. & Mleczko, P., 2006	Observations on the mycorrhizal status of Polygonum viviparum in the Polish Tatra Mts. (Western Carpathians)	Acta Mycologica Vol 41 (2): 209-222.
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi	Mycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Persicaria vivipara (Alpine Bistort)
Genus	Persicaria (knotweeds)
Family	POLYGONACEAE (docks and knotgrasses)
Order	CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Persicaria vivipara is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Polygonaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Persicaria vivipara (Alpine Bistort)

Persicaria vivipara (Alpine Bistort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Persicaria
(knotweeds)

POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Literature

Mycorrhizal Associates

Observations on the mycorrhizal status of Polygonum viviparum in the Polish Tatra Mts. (Western Carpathians)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Persicaria vivipara (Alpine Bistort):

Persicaria
(knotweeds)

POLYGONACEAE
(docks and knotgrasses)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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