Orobanche lucorum A.Braun
(Barberry Broomrape)

Interactions where Orobanche lucorum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage 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
root parasitises live root UK/IrelandCaptivity Berberis barberries Ranunculales: Berberidaceae Orobanche lucorum (Barberry Broomrape), Ballantyne, G.H., 2010
 /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Orobanche lucorum/Orobanche lucorumbarberry broomraperoot Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Berberidaceae/Berberis/Berberisbarberriesliveroot Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Author & YearTitleSource
Ballantyne, G.H., 2010Orobanche lucorum (Barberry Broomrape)BSBI News No. 113: 57, rear inside cover.

Orobanche lucorum (Barberry Broomrape) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOrobanche lucorum (Barberry Broomrape)
GenusOrobanche (broomrapes)
FamilyOROBANCHACEAE (eyebrights, cow-wheats, louseworts & broomrapes)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Orobanche lucorum (Barberry Broomrape)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ballantyne, G.H. 2010 Orobanche lucorum (Barberry Broomrape) BSBI News No. 113: 57, rear inside cover.

Orobanche lucorum (Barberry Broomrape) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Orobanche lucorum (Barberry Broomrape):

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