Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.
(Smith’s Pepperwort)

Interactions where Lepidium heterophyllum 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 Major Ceutorhynchus parvulus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus parvulus/Ceutorhynchus parvulusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Lepidium heterophyllum/Lepidium heterophyllumSmith's pepperwortMajor larva feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by colony of sporangium UK/Ireland Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat. Brassica Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat./Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat.brassica downy mildewcolonysporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Lepidium heterophyllum/Lepidium heterophyllumSmith's pepperwortlive (1-4)colony of sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Erysiphe cruciferarum Brassica Powdery Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe cruciferarum/Erysiphe cruciferarumbrassica powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Lepidium heterophyllum/Lepidium heterophyllumSmith's pepperwortlive parasitises live
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mainly hypophyllous, scattered or not, immersed, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria lepidii a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria lepidii/Septoria lepidiia leaf-spot fungusmainly hypophyllous, scattered or not, immersed, blackpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Lepidium heterophyllum/Lepidium heterophyllumSmith's pepperwortliveleaf (autumn)mainly hypophyllous, scattered or not, immersed, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
stalk (dead) dead stalk is decayed by scattered, covered then bursting through a slit pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis cruciferae a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis cruciferae/Phomopsis cruciferaea coelomycetescattered, covered then bursting through a slitpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Lepidium heterophyllum/Lepidium heterophyllumSmith's pepperwortdeadstalk scattered, covered then bursting through a slit pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stalk

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society

Lepidium heterophyllum (Smith’s Pepperwort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLepidium heterophyllum (Smith’s Pepperwort)
GenusLepidium (pepperworts)
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 Lepidium heterophyllum (Smith’s Pepperwort)

Lepidium heterophyllum (Smith’s Pepperwort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lepidium heterophyllum (Smith’s Pepperwort):

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