Melampyrum L.
(cow-wheats)

Interactions where Melampyrum 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
		has sap sucked by adult			Adomerus biguttatus	Cow Wheat Shieldbug	Hemiptera: Cydnidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Adomerus biguttatus/	Adomerus biguttatus	cow wheat shieldbug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/	Melampyrum	cow-wheats	?							adult sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by nymph			Adomerus biguttatus	Cow Wheat Shieldbug	Hemiptera: Cydnidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Adomerus biguttatus/	Adomerus biguttatus	cow wheat shieldbug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/	Melampyrum	cow-wheats	?							nymph sucks sap of
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium			Cronartium flaccidum	Scots Pine Blister Rust, Pine Resin-top Rust	Pucciniales: Cronartiaceae	Chrysomyxa abietis, Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Cronartiaceae/Cronartium flaccidum/	Cronartium flaccidum	Scots pine blister rust, pine resin-top rust		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/	Melampyrum	cow-wheats		live	leaf					hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, pustular telium			Cronartium flaccidum	Scots Pine Blister Rust, Pine Resin-top Rust	Pucciniales: Cronartiaceae	Chrysomyxa abietis, Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Cronartiaceae/Cronartium flaccidum/	Cronartium flaccidum	Scots pine blister rust, pine resin-top rust		hypophyllous, pustular		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/	Melampyrum	cow-wheats		live	leaf					hypophyllous, pustular telium parasitises live leaf
peduncle (dead, blackened)		dead, blackened peduncle is decayed by scattered, covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Diaporthe desmazieri	a pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe desmazieri/	Diaporthe desmazieri	a pyrenomycete		scattered, covered then erumpent	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/	Melampyrum	cow-wheats		dead, blackened	peduncle				(5)	scattered, covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, blackened peduncle
peduncle (dead, blackened)		dead, blackened peduncle is decayed by perithecium			Diaporthe desmazieri	a pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe desmazieri/	Diaporthe desmazieri	a pyrenomycete				perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/	Melampyrum	cow-wheats		dead, blackened	peduncle				(5)	perithecium is saprobic on dead, blackened peduncle
stem (dead, blackened)		dead, blackened stem is decayed by scattered, covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Diaporthe desmazieri	a pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe desmazieri/	Diaporthe desmazieri	a pyrenomycete		scattered, covered then erumpent	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/	Melampyrum	cow-wheats		dead, blackened	stem				(5)	scattered, covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, blackened stem
stem (dead, blackened)		dead, blackened stem is decayed by perithecium			Diaporthe desmazieri	a pyrenomycete	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe desmazieri/	Diaporthe desmazieri	a pyrenomycete				perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/	Melampyrum	cow-wheats		dead, blackened	stem				(5)	perithecium is saprobic on dead, blackened stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978	Chrysomyxa abietis	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 576.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Melampyrum (cow-wheats) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

OROBANCHACEAE
(eyebrights, cow-wheats, louseworts & broomrapes)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Melampyrum arvense Field Cow-wheat				Species		4 trophisms	1 references
Melampyrum cristatum Crested Cow-wheat				Species		2 trophisms
Melampyrum pratense Common Cow-wheat				Species		9 trophisms	1 references
Melampyrum sylvaticum Small Cow-wheat				Species		9 trophisms	1 references

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Melampyrum (cow-wheats)
Family	OROBANCHACEAE (eyebrights, cow-wheats, louseworts & broomrapes)
Order	LAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Melampyrum is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Orobanchaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melampyrum (cow-wheats)

Melampyrum (cow-wheats) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Melampyrum (cow-wheats):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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