Apium L.
(fool’s water-cresses, marshworts & celeries)

Interactions where Apium 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
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera conmaculata a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera conmaculata/Hypera conmaculataa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Apium/Apiumfool's water-cresses, marshworts & celeriesleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon tumidulus Celery Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon tumidulus/Phaedon tumiduluscelery leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Apium/Apiumfool's water-cresses, marshworts & celeriesliveleaf adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Questionable Phaedon tumidulus Celery Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon tumidulus/Phaedon tumiduluscelery leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Apium/Apiumfool's water-cresses, marshworts & celeries?liveleaf (-late 8)larva grazes on live leaf
stem stem may contain larva Foreign Lixus paraplecticus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Lixus paraplecticus/Lixus paraplecticusa weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Apium/Apiumfool's water-cresses, marshworts & celeriesstem larva feeds within stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Apium (fool’s water-cresses, marshworts & celeries) 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
Apium graveolens
Wild Celery
Species 2 subtaxa 40 trophisms
Apium nodiflorum
Fool’s Water-cress, Fool’s-water-cress
Species 5 trophisms
Apium repens
Creeping Marshwort
Species 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusApium (fool’s water-cresses, marshworts & celeries)
FamilyAPIACEAE (umbellifers)
OrderAPIALES (umbellifers, ivies and pennyworts)
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 Apium (fool’s water-cresses, marshworts & celeries)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Lambrick, C.R. Apium Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

Apium (fool’s water-cresses, marshworts & celeries) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Apium (fool’s water-cresses, marshworts & celeries):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 18 images of Apium (fool’s water-cresses, marshworts & celeries)
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