Polypodium L.
(polypodies)

Interactions where Polypodium 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
frond frond is grazed by larva Major Stromboceros delicatulus a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Stromboceros delicatulus/Stromboceros delicatulusa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Polypodiaceae/Polypodium/PolypodiumpolypodiesfrondMajor larva grazes on frond
leaf (live, curled, sometimes killed) live, curled, sometimes killed leaf has sap sucked by Minor Idiopterus nephrelepidis Fern Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Idiopterus nephrelepidis/Idiopterus nephrelepidisfern aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Polypodiaceae/Polypodium/Polypodiumpolypodieslive, curled, sometimes killedleafMinor sucks sap of live, curled, sometimes killed leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Polypodium (polypodies) 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
Polypodium vulgare
Polypody
Species 3 trophisms
Polypodium vulgare s.l.
polypodies
Species aggregate 5 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPolypodium (polypodies)
FamilyPOLYPODIACEAE (polypodies)
OrderPOLYPODIALES (an order of ferns)
ClassPOLYPODIOPSIDA (a class of ferns)
PhylumPTERIDOPHYTA (ferns and allies)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Polypodium (polypodies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Jermy, A.C. & Camus, J.M. Polypodium Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Polypodium (polypodies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Polypodium (polypodies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 42 images of Polypodium (polypodies)
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