Euphorbia characias L.
(Mediterranean Spurge)

Interactions where Euphorbia characias 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
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Melampsora euphorbiae Spurge Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora euphorbiae/Melampsora euphorbiaespurge rustmostly hypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia characias/Euphorbia characiasmediterranean spurgeliveleaf mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Melampsora euphorbiae Spurge Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora euphorbiae/Melampsora euphorbiaespurge rustamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia characias/Euphorbia characiasmediterranean spurgeliveleaf amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by telium Melampsora euphorbiae Spurge Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora euphorbiae/Melampsora euphorbiaespurge rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia characias/Euphorbia characiasmediterranean spurgelivestem telium parasitises live stem

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

Euphorbia characias (Mediterranean Spurge) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEuphorbia characias (Mediterranean Spurge)
GenusEuphorbia (spurges)
FamilyEUPHORBIACEAE (spurges)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
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 Euphorbia characias (Mediterranean Spurge)

Euphorbia characias (Mediterranean Spurge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Euphorbia characias (Mediterranean Spurge):

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