Echium L.
(viper’s buglosses)

Interactions where Echium 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
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Puccinia recondita Brown Rust, Brown Rust Of Wheat Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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 recondita/Puccinia reconditabrown rust, brown rust of wheataecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium/Echiumviper's buglosseslive aecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia recondita Brown Rust, Brown Rust Of Wheat Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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 recondita/Puccinia reconditabrown rust, brown rust of wheatpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium/Echiumviper's buglosseslive pycnium parasitises live
leaf leaf is mined by communal larva Agromyza abiens a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza abiens/Agromyza abiensa leaf-mining flycommunallarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium/Echiumviper's buglossesleaf communal larva mines leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Echium (viper’s buglosses) 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 17 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusEchium (viper’s buglosses)
FamilyBORAGINACEAE (borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots)
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 Echium (viper’s buglosses)

Echium (viper’s buglosses) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Echium (viper’s buglosses):

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