Hypericum L.
(St John’s worts)

Interactions where Hypericum 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
may have adult Cryptocephalus fulvus a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's worts (5-10)adult may be found on
may have adult Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis/Cryptocephalus hypochaeridisa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's worts (4-9)adult may be found on
may have adult Cryptocephalus labiatus a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's worts (3-11)adult may be found on
is grazed by mobile cased larva Cryptocephalus moraei a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus moraei/Cryptocephalus moraeia leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / mobile cased feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's worts larva grazes in mobile case on
bud has sap sucked by Rhopalus parumpunctatus a rhopalid bug Hemiptera: Rhopalidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatusa rhopalid bug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsbud sucks sap of bud
seed has sap sucked by Rhopalus parumpunctatus a rhopalid bug Hemiptera: Rhopalidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatusa rhopalid bug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsseed sucks sap of seed
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by densely scattered, oval, up to 2mm long, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Cytospora hyperici a stromatic coelomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora hyperici/Cytospora hypericia stromatic coelomycetedensely scattered, oval, up to 2mm long, plurilocularstromaCytospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsdeadbranch (7-9)densely scattered, oval, up to 2mm long, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
flower head (dried) dried flower head may have larva Restricted Chrysolina varians a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina varians/Chrysolina variansa leaf beetlelarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsdriedflower headSole (5-9)larva may be found on dried flower head
flower flower is grazed by adult Chrysolina hyperici a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina hyperici/Chrysolina hypericia leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsflower (early 6-2)adult grazes on flower
flower (live) live flower is grazed by adult Cryptocephalus moraei a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus moraei/Cryptocephalus moraeia leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsliveflower (5-9)adult grazes on live flower
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Chrysolina brunsvicensis a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina brunsvicensis/Chrysolina brunsvicensisa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Chrysolina brunsvicensis a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina brunsvicensis/Chrysolina brunsvicensisa leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsleaf (1-12)imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Chrysolina hyperici a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina hyperici/Chrysolina hypericia leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Chrysolina hyperici a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina hyperici/Chrysolina hypericia leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsleaf (early 6-2)adult grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Chrysolina varians a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina varians/Chrysolina variansa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsliveleafSole (5-9)larva grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by nocturnal adult Chrysolina varians a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina varians/Chrysolina variansa leaf beetlenocturnaladult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsliveleaf (6-10,3-)nocturnal adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may shelter larva Restricted Chrysolina varians a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina varians/Chrysolina variansa leaf beetlelarva Plant / resting place / under /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsliveleafSole (5-9)larva may be found under live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Cryptocephalus moraei a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus moraei/Cryptocephalus moraeia leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsliveleaf (5-9)adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spun by caterpillar Captivity Cacoecimorpha pronubana Carnation Tortrix, Mediterranean Leaf Roller Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Cacoecimorpha pronubana/Cacoecimorpha pronubanacarnation tortrix, mediterranean leaf rollercaterpillar Foodplant / spinner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedcaterpillar spins live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by caterpillar UK/Ireland Fomoria septembrella Hypericum Pigmy Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nepticulidae/Fomoria septembrella/Fomoria septembrellahypericum pigmycaterpillar Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsliveleaf (summer & late autumn)caterpillar mines live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, caeomoid aecium UK/Ireland Melampsora hypericorum Hypericum Rust, Tutsan Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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
British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora hypericorum/Melampsora hypericorumhypericum rust, tutsan rusthypophyllous, caeomoidaecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsliveleaf (5-10)hypophyllous, caeomoid aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal telium UK/Ireland Melampsora hypericorum Hypericum Rust, Tutsan Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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
British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora hypericorum/Melampsora hypericorumhypericum rust, tutsan rusthypophyllous, subepidermaltelium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsliveleaf hypophyllous, subepidermal telium parasitises live leaf
stem stem is grazed by larva Restricted Chrysolina brunsvicensis a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina brunsvicensis/Chrysolina brunsvicensisa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsstemSole larva grazes on stem
stem stem is grazed by larva Restricted Chrysolina hyperici a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina hyperici/Chrysolina hypericia leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's wortsstemSole larva grazes on stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
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
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
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
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966British Rust Fungi384pp, Cambridge University Press

Hypericum (St John’s worts) 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 3 trophisms
Species hybrid 2 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Species 9 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 references
Species 9 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 22 trophisms
Species hybrid 1 trophisms
Species 6 trophisms
Species 12 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusHypericum (St John’s worts)
FamilyHYPERICACEAE (St John’s-worts)
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 Hypericum (St John’s worts)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Robson, N.K.B. Hypericum Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Hypericum (St John’s worts) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hypericum (St John’s worts):

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