Cardamine L.
(bitter-cresses)

Interactions where Cardamine 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 larva Ceutorhynchus pectoralis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus pectoralis/Ceutorhynchus pectoralisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine/Cardaminebitter-cresses larva feeds on
flower flower is galled by larva Dasineura cardaminis a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura cardaminis/Dasineura cardaminisa gall midgelarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine/Cardaminebitter-cressesflower larva causes gall of flower
green parts (live, discoloured, distorted) live, discoloured, distorted green parts is swollen by colony Albugo candida s. lat. White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae Albuginales: Albuginaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Albugo candida s. lat./Albugo candida s. lat.white blister or white rust of Brassicaceaecolony Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine/Cardaminebitter-cresseslive, discoloured, distortedgreen parts (spring, early autumn)colony causes swelling of live, discoloured, distorted green parts
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Phyllotreta astrachanica a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phyllotreta astrachanica/Phyllotreta astrachanicaa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine/Cardaminebitter-cressesleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Phyllotreta astrachanica a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phyllotreta astrachanica/Phyllotreta astrachanicaa flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine/Cardaminebitter-cressesleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Phyllotreta ochripes a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phyllotreta ochripes/Phyllotreta ochripesa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine/Cardaminebitter-cressesleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Phyllotreta ochripes a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phyllotreta ochripes/Phyllotreta ochripesa flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine/Cardaminebitter-cressesleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Phyllotreta tetrastigma a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phyllotreta tetrastigma/Phyllotreta tetrastigmaa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine/Cardaminebitter-cressesleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Phyllotreta tetrastigma a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phyllotreta tetrastigma/Phyllotreta tetrastigmaa flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine/Cardaminebitter-cressesleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf (live, discoloured, distorted) live, discoloured, distorted leaf is swollen by colony Albugo candida s. lat. White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae Albuginales: Albuginaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Albugo candida s. lat./Albugo candida s. lat.white blister or white rust of Brassicaceaecolony Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine/Cardaminebitter-cresseslive, discoloured, distortedleaf (spring, early autumn)colony causes swelling of live, discoloured, distorted leaf
leaf (live, with nibbled holes) live, with nibbled holes leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon cochleariae Mustard Beetle, Watercress Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon cochleariae/Phaedon cochleariaemustard beetle, watercress beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine/Cardaminebitter-cresseslive, with nibbled holesleaf (5-9)adult grazes on live, with nibbled holes leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Cardamine (bitter-cresses) 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
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 references
Species 4 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 9 trophisms 2 references
Species hybrid 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCardamine (bitter-cresses)
FamilyBRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
OrderBRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiderflowers and garden nasturtiums)
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 Cardamine (bitter-cresses)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

Cardamine (bitter-cresses) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cardamine (bitter-cresses):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 88 images of Cardamine (bitter-cresses)
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