Papaver somniferum L.
(Opium Poppy)

Interactions where Papaver somniferum 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 Stenocarus ruficornis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Stenocarus ruficornis/Stenocarus ruficornisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Papaveraceae/Papaver somniferum/Papaver somniferumopium poppy larva feeds on
(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/Ranunculales/Papaveraceae/Papaver somniferum/Papaver somniferumopium poppylive parasitises live
capsule capsule is foodplant of colony of Dendryphion dematiaceous anamorph Crivellia papaveracea an ascomycete Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Crivellia papaveracea/Crivellia papaveraceaan ascomycetecolonyDendryphion dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Papaveraceae/Papaver somniferum/Papaver somniferumopium poppycapsule colony of Dendryphion dematiaceous anamorph feeds on capsule
leaf leaf is foodplant of colony of Dendryphion dematiaceous anamorph Crivellia papaveracea an ascomycete Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Crivellia papaveracea/Crivellia papaveraceaan ascomycetecolonyDendryphion dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Papaveraceae/Papaver somniferum/Papaver somniferumopium poppyleaf colony of Dendryphion dematiaceous anamorph feeds on leaf
stem stem is foodplant of colony of Dendryphion dematiaceous anamorph Crivellia papaveracea an ascomycete Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Crivellia papaveracea/Crivellia papaveraceaan ascomycetecolonyDendryphion dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Papaveraceae/Papaver somniferum/Papaver somniferumopium poppystem colony of Dendryphion dematiaceous anamorph feeds on stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium Crivellia papaveracea an ascomycete Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Crivellia papaveracea/Crivellia papaveraceaan ascomycetepseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Papaveraceae/Papaver somniferum/Papaver somniferumopium poppydeadstem pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.

Papaver somniferum (Opium Poppy) 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
Papaver somniferum ssp somniferum
an opium poppy
Subspecies 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPapaver somniferum (Opium Poppy)
GenusPapaver (poppies)
SubfamilyPAPAVEROIDEAE (poppies)
FamilyPAPAVERACEAE (poppies and fumitories)
OrderRANUNCULALES (buttercups, poppies and barberries)
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 Papaver somniferum (Opium Poppy)

Papaver somniferum (Opium Poppy) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Papaver somniferum (Opium Poppy):

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