Ficus L.
(figs)

Interactions where Ficus 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').

Filters:

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 Fusarium anamorph			Fusarium urticearum	an anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium urticearum/	Fusarium urticearum	an anamorphic fungus				Fusarium anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/	Ficus	figs								Fusarium anamorph feeds on
(live)		live is foodplant of			Phytonemus pallidus	Cyclamen Mite	Trombidiformes: Tarsonemidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tarsonemidae/Phytonemus pallidus/	Phytonemus pallidus	cyclamen mite					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/	Ficus	figs		live						feeds on live
(live)		live is spotted by colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph			Cercospora bolleana	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora bolleana/	Cercospora bolleana	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/	Ficus	figs		live						colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live
green part (live)		live green part has sap sucked by			Pseudococcus	a genus of mealybugs	Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Pseudococcus/	Pseudococcus	a genus of mealybugs					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/	Ficus	figs		live	green part					sucks sap of live green part
leaf (near veins) (live)		live leaf (near veins) has sap sucked by hypophyllous			Coccus hesperidum	Brown Soft Scale, Brown Soft-scale	Hemiptera: Coccidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Coccus hesperidum/	Coccus hesperidum	brown soft scale, brown soft-scale		hypophyllous			Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/	Ficus	figs		live	leaf (near veins)				(1-12)	hypophyllous sucks sap of live leaf (near veins)
leaf (live, blotched)		live, blotched leaf may be infected and damaged by			Fig Mosaic virus	a phytopathogenic virus		Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Fig Mosaic virus/	Fig Mosaic virus	a phytopathogenic virus					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/	Ficus	figs		live, blotched	leaf					infects and damages live, blotched leaf
leaf (live, rolled)		live, rolled leaf is galled by			Gynaikothrips ficorum	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Gynaikothrips ficorum/	Gynaikothrips ficorum	a thrips					Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/	Ficus	figs		live, rolled	leaf					causes gall of live, rolled leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf has sap sucked by			Saissetia coffeae	Hemispherical Scale	Hemiptera: Coccidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/	Saissetia coffeae	hemispherical scale					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/	Ficus	figs		live	leaf			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced		sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf has sap sucked by hypophyllous, colonial			Aspidiotus nerii	Oleander Scale	Hemiptera: Diaspididae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/	Aspidiotus nerii	oleander scale		hypophyllous, colonial			Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/	Ficus	figs		live	leaf					hypophyllous, colonial sucks sap of live leaf
root (cysted)		cysted root is galled by			Heterodera fici	Fig Cyst Eelworm	Tylenchida: Heteroderidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea/Tylenchida/Heteroderidae/Heterodera fici/	Heterodera fici	fig cyst eelworm					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/	Ficus	figs		cysted	root					causes gall of cysted root
sap run		sap run is decayed by larva			Psilota anthracina	a hoverfly	Diptera: Syrphidae	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Psilota anthracina/	Psilota anthracina	a hoverfly				larva	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/	Ficus	figs			sap run					larva is saprobic on sap run
stem (live)		live stem has sap sucked by			Saissetia coffeae	Hemispherical Scale	Hemiptera: Coccidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/	Saissetia coffeae	hemispherical scale					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/	Ficus	figs		live	stem			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced		sucks sap of live stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press
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
Rotheray, G.E., 1993	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe	Diperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.

Ficus (figs) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MORACEAE
(mulberries, figs)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Ficus carica Fig				Species		6 trophisms
Ficus elastica Rubber Plant				Species		2 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Ficus (figs)
Family	MORACEAE (mulberries, figs)
Order	ROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ficus (figs)

Ficus (figs) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MORACEAE
(mulberries, figs)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ficus (figs):

MORACEAE
(mulberries, figs)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

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