Alnus cordata (Loisel.) Duby
(Italian Alder)

Interactions where Alnus cordata 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
leaf (live, upward curling)		live, upward curling leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups uredium			Melampsoridium hiratsukanum	Alder Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsoridium hiratsukanum/	Melampsoridium hiratsukanum	alder rust		hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups		uredium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus cordata/	Alnus cordata	Italian alder		live, upward curling	leaf					hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups uredium causes spots on live, upward curling leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf has sap sucked by aptera			Crypturaphis grassii	an aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Crypturaphis grassii (Sternorrhynchia: Aphididae): First records for Cornwall, Luker, S., 2011	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Crypturaphis grassii/	Crypturaphis grassii	an aphid				aptera	Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus cordata/	Alnus cordata	Italian alder		live	leaf		Sole			aptera sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf has sap sucked by winged			Crypturaphis grassii	an aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Crypturaphis grassii (Sternorrhynchia: Aphididae): First records for Cornwall, Luker, S., 2011	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Crypturaphis grassii/	Crypturaphis grassii	an aphid				winged	Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus cordata/	Alnus cordata	Italian alder		live	leaf		Sole			winged sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal telium			Melampsoridium betulinum	Birch Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsoridium betulinum/	Melampsoridium betulinum	birch rust		hypophyllous, subepidermal		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus cordata/	Alnus cordata	Italian alder		live	leaf		Xenophagous			hypophyllous, subepidermal telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium			Melampsoridium betulinum	Birch Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsoridium betulinum/	Melampsoridium betulinum	birch rust		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus cordata/	Alnus cordata	Italian alder		live	leaf		Xenophagous		(8-10)	hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups telium			Melampsoridium hiratsukanum	Alder Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Melampsoridium hiratsukanum/	Melampsoridium hiratsukanum	alder rust		hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus cordata/	Alnus cordata	Italian alder		live	leaf					hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (small, yellow, prematurely falling)		small, yellow, prematurely falling leaf may be infected and damaged by			Phytophthora alni sensu Brasier et al, 2004	Alder Blight	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Phytophthora Disease of Alder, Webber, J., Gibbs, J. & Hendry, S., 2004	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora alni sensu Brasier et al, 2004/	Phytophthora alni sensu Brasier et al, 2004	alder blight					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus cordata/	Alnus cordata	Italian alder		small, yellow, prematurely falling	leaf					infects and damages small, yellow, prematurely falling leaf
trunk (tarry spotted)		tarry spotted trunk may be infected and damaged by			Phytophthora alni sensu Brasier et al, 2004	Alder Blight	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Phytophthora Disease of Alder, Webber, J., Gibbs, J. & Hendry, S., 2004	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora alni sensu Brasier et al, 2004/	Phytophthora alni sensu Brasier et al, 2004	alder blight					Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus cordata/	Alnus cordata	Italian alder		tarry spotted	trunk					infects and damages tarry spotted trunk

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Luker, S., 2011	Crypturaphis grassii (Sternorrhynchia: Aphididae): First records for Cornwall	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 205-209, Plate 13.
Webber, J., Gibbs, J. & Hendry, S., 2004	Phytophthora Disease of Alder	Forestry Commission Information Notes, 6, 6pp, Forestry Commission
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	British Rust Fungi	384pp, Cambridge University Press

Alnus cordata (Italian Alder) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Alnus
(alders)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees with bark of low pH
(acid-barked trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Alnus cordata (Italian Alder)
Genus	Alnus (alders)
Family	BETULACEAE (birches, hazels, hornbeams and alders)
Order	FAGALES (forest trees)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alnus cordata (Italian Alder)

Alnus cordata (Italian Alder) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Alnus
(alders)

FAGALES
(forest trees)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Alnus cordata (Italian Alder):

Alnus
(alders)

BETULACEAE
(birches, hazels, hornbeams and alders)

FAGALES
(forest trees)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Endomycorrhizal plants
(plants that form endomycorrhiza)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

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