Plantago maritima L.
(Sea Plantain)

Interactions where Plantago maritima 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
		is foodplant of			Trichosirocalus rufulus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Trichosirocalus rufulus/	Trichosirocalus rufulus	a weevil					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain								feeds on
		is foodplant of			Trichosirocalus thalhammeri	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Trichosirocalus thalhammeri/	Trichosirocalus thalhammeri	a weevil					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain								feeds on
		is foodplant of			Mecinus collaris	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Mecinus collaris/	Mecinus collaris	a weevil					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain								feeds on
(live)		live is foodplant of female micropter			Thrips nigropilosus	Chysanthemum Thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips nigropilosus/	Thrips nigropilosus	chysanthemum thrips				female micropter	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain		live					(1-11)	female micropter feeds on live
(live)		live is foodplant of female macropter			Thrips nigropilosus	Chysanthemum Thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips nigropilosus/	Thrips nigropilosus	chysanthemum thrips				female macropter	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain		live					(5-9)	female macropter feeds on live
(live)		live is foodplant of larva			Thrips nigropilosus	Chysanthemum Thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips nigropilosus/	Thrips nigropilosus	chysanthemum thrips				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain		live					(5-9)	larva feeds on live
(live)		live is parasitised by conidial anamorph			Golovinomyces sordidus	Plantain Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces sordidus/	Golovinomyces sordidus	plantain mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain		live					(9-10)	conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by cleistothecium			Golovinomyces sordidus	Plantain Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces sordidus/	Golovinomyces sordidus	plantain mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain		live					(9-10)	cleistothecium parasitises live
base		base may have adult			Phaedon concinnus	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon concinnus/	Phaedon concinnus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain			base				(4-10)	adult may be found on base
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Chrysolina haemoptera	Plantain Leaf Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina haemoptera/	Chrysolina haemoptera	plantain leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain			leaf			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced		adult grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Phaedon concinnus	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon concinnus/	Phaedon concinnus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain			leaf				(4-10)	adult grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Longitarsus plantagomaritimus	Sea Plantain Flea Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 New British Beetles: species not in Joy’s practical handbook, Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus plantagomaritimus/	Longitarsus plantagomaritimus	sea plantain flea beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain			leaf		Sole			larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Longitarsus plantagomaritimus	Sea Plantain Flea Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 New British Beetles: species not in Joy’s practical handbook, Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus plantagomaritimus/	Longitarsus plantagomaritimus	sea plantain flea beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain			leaf					adult grazes on leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is grazed by adult			Chrysolina intermedia	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina intermedia/	Chrysolina intermedia	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain		live	leaf		Major		(1,late 4-6,9)	adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is grazed by larva			Chrysolina intermedia	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina intermedia/	Chrysolina intermedia	a leaf beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain		live	leaf		Major			larva grazes on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is grazed by larva			Chrysolina staphylaea	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina staphylaea/	Chrysolina staphylaea	a leaf beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain		live	leaf					larva grazes on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is grazed by adult			Chrysolina staphylaea	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina staphylaea/	Chrysolina staphylaea	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain		live	leaf				(early 7-late 10,4-)	adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by colony of Cercospora anamorph			Cercospora pantoleuca	(A Dematiaceous Hyphomycete)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora pantoleuca/	Cercospora pantoleuca	(a dematiaceous hyphomycete)			colony	Cercospora anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/	Plantago maritima	sea plantain		live	leaf					colony of Cercospora anamorph causes spots on live leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1995	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995	New British Beetles: species not in Joy’s practical handbook	1 edition, 175pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Kevan D.K., 1967	The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)	Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 103: 83-110.
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	Thysanoptera	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Plantago maritima (Sea Plantain) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Plantago
(plantains)

PLANTAGINACEAE
(toadflaxes, speedwells, foxgloves and plantains)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Plantago maritima (Sea Plantain)
Genus	Plantago (plantains)
Family	PLANTAGINACEAE (toadflaxes, speedwells, foxgloves and plantains)
Order	LAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Plantago maritima is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Plantaginaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Plantago maritima (Sea Plantain)

Plantago maritima (Sea Plantain) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Plantago maritima (Sea Plantain):

Plantago
(plantains)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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