Tragopogon pratensis L.
(Goat’S-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon)

Interactions where Tragopogon pratensis 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
		is foodplant of larva			Olibrus affinis	a smut beetle	Coleoptera: Phalacridae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Phalacridae/Olibrus affinis/	Olibrus affinis	a smut beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon								larva feeds on
		may be infected and damaged by			Puccinia hysterium	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	The suppression of reproduction of Tragopogon pratensis infected by the rust fungus Puccinia hysterium, Salama, N.K.G., Edwards, G.R, Heard, M.S. & Jeger,M.J., 2010	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia hysterium/	Puccinia hysterium	a rust fungus					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon								infects and damages
(live)		live is parasitised by			Golovinomyces cichoracearum	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cichoracearum/	Golovinomyces cichoracearum	a powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon		live						parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by pycnium			Puccinia hysterium	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 hysterium/	Puccinia hysterium	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon		live					(4-9)	pycnium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by aecium			Puccinia hysterium	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 hysterium/	Puccinia hysterium	a rust fungus				aecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon		live					(4-9)	aecium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia hysterium	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 hysterium/	Puccinia hysterium	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon		live					(4-9)	telium parasitises live
capitulum		capitulum may contain larva			Ensina sonchi	Sow-thistle Fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Ensina sonchi/	Ensina sonchi	sow-thistle fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon			capitulum					larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum		capitulum may contain larva			Tephritis vespertina	a gall fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis vespertina/	Tephritis vespertina	a gall fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon	?		capitulum					larva feeds within capitulum
inflorescence (live, purple-stained)		live, purple-stained inflorescence may be infected and damaged by sorus			Microbotryum tragopogonis-pratensis	Goatsbeard 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 Microbotryum silybum sp.nov. (Microbotryales), Vánky, K. & Berner, D., 2003	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum tragopogonis-pratensis/	Microbotryum tragopogonis-pratensis	goatsbeard smut				sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon		live, purple-stained	inflorescence				(5-6)	sorus infects and damages live, purple-stained inflorescence
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Liriomyza tragopogonis	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza tragopogonis/	Liriomyza tragopogonis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon			leaf		Sole			larva mines leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by immersed oospore			Albugo tragopogonis var tragopogonis	a white rust	Albuginales: Albuginaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A revision of Albugo (Chromista, Peronosporomycetes), Thines, M. & Spring, O., 2005	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Albugo tragopogonis var. tragopogonis/	Albugo tragopogonis var. tragopogonis	a white rust		immersed	oospore		Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon		live	leaf				(6-9)	immersed oospore parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous sorus			Albugo tragopogonis var tragopogonis	a white rust	Albuginales: Albuginaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A revision of Albugo (Chromista, Peronosporomycetes), Thines, M. & Spring, O., 2005	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Albugo tragopogonis var. tragopogonis/	Albugo tragopogonis var. tragopogonis	a white rust		mostly hypophyllous	sorus		Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon		live	leaf				(6-9)	mostly hypophyllous sorus parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph			Pseudocercosporella tragopogi	(A Leaf-spot Fungus)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Pseudocercosporella tragopogi/	Pseudocercosporella tragopogi	(a leaf-spot fungus)			colony	Pseudocercosporella anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon		live	leaf		Sole			colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph causes spots on live leaf
root		root may contain larva			Orellia falcata	Goatsbeard Fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Orellia falcata/	Orellia falcata	goatsbeard fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon			root		Sole			larva feeds within root
stem (base)		stem (base) may contain larva			Orellia falcata	Goatsbeard Fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Orellia falcata/	Orellia falcata	goatsbeard fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon			stem (base)		Sole			larva feeds within stem (base)
stem base (live)		live stem base is galled by larva			Aulacidea tragopogonis	Goat’s-beard Stem-gall Wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006 Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls), Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Aulacidea tragopogonis/	Aulacidea tragopogonis	goat's-beard stem-gall wasp				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon		live	stem base		Sole			larva causes gall of live stem base
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by sorus			Albugo tragopogonis var tragopogonis	a white rust	Albuginales: Albuginaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A revision of Albugo (Chromista, Peronosporomycetes), Thines, M. & Spring, O., 2005	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Albugo tragopogonis var. tragopogonis/	Albugo tragopogonis var. tragopogonis	a white rust			sorus		Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon		live	stem				(6-9)	sorus parasitises live stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by immersed oospore			Albugo tragopogonis var tragopogonis	a white rust	Albuginales: Albuginaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A revision of Albugo (Chromista, Peronosporomycetes), Thines, M. & Spring, O., 2005	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Albugo tragopogonis var. tragopogonis/	Albugo tragopogonis var. tragopogonis	a white rust		immersed	oospore		Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/	Tragopogon pratensis	goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon		live	stem				(6-9)	immersed oospore parasitises live stem

Tragopogon pratensis (Goat’S-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tragopogon
(salsifies and goat’s-beards)

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic	Zootaxa 1301.
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
Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963	Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VIII, Part 1 (a), 81pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
Salama, N.K.G., Edwards, G.R, Heard, M.S. & Jeger,M.J., 2010	The suppression of reproduction of Tragopogon pratensis infected by the rust fungus Puccinia hysterium	FungEcol Vol 03 (4): 406-408.
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Thines, M. & Spring, O., 2005	A revision of Albugo (Chromista, Peronosporomycetes)	Mycotaxon 92: 443-458.
Vánky, K. & Berner, D., 2003	Microbotryum silybum sp.nov. (Microbotryales)	Mycotaxon Vol 85: 307-311.
White, I.M., 1988	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Tragopogon pratensis ssp minor a goat’s-beard				Subspecies		4 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tragopogon pratensis (Goat’S-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon)
Genus	Tragopogon (salsifies and goat’s-beards)
Tribe	Lactuceae (“dandelions”)
Subfamily	LACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
Family	ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
Order	ASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Tragopogon pratensis is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Asteraceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tragopogon pratensis (Goat’S-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon)

Tragopogon pratensis (Goat’S-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Literature

Plant Pathology

The suppression of reproduction of Tragopogon pratensis infected by the rust fungus Puccinia hysterium

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Tragopogon pratensis (Goat’S-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon):

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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