BORAGINACEAE
(borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots)

Interactions where BORAGINACEAE 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
		is foodplant of			Mogulones asperifoliarum	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Mogulones asperifoliarum/	Mogulones asperifoliarum	a weevil					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/	Boraginaceae	borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots								feeds on
		has sap sucked by adult			Graptopeltus lynceus	a ground bug	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Graptopeltus lynceus/	Graptopeltus lynceus	a ground bug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/	Boraginaceae	borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots								adult sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by nymph			Graptopeltus lynceus	a ground bug	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Graptopeltus lynceus/	Graptopeltus lynceus	a ground bug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/	Boraginaceae	borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots								nymph sucks sap of
(live)		live is parasitised by conidial anamorph			Golovinomyces cynoglossi	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cynoglossi/	Golovinomyces cynoglossi	a powdery mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/	Boraginaceae	borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots		live						conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by cleistothecium			Golovinomyces cynoglossi	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cynoglossi/	Golovinomyces cynoglossi	a powdery mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/	Boraginaceae	borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots		live						cleistothecium parasitises live
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Longitarsus anchusae	a flea beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus anchusae/	Longitarsus anchusae	a flea beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/	Boraginaceae	borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Longitarsus anchusae	a flea beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus anchusae/	Longitarsus anchusae	a flea beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/	Boraginaceae	borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots			leaf					adult grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Longitarsus nasturtii	a flea beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus nasturtii/	Longitarsus nasturtii	a flea beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/	Boraginaceae	borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots	?		leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Longitarsus nasturtii	a flea beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus nasturtii/	Longitarsus nasturtii	a flea beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/	Boraginaceae	borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots	?		leaf					adult grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by communal larva			Agromyza abiens	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza abiens/	Agromyza abiens	a leaf-mining fly		communal		larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/	Boraginaceae	borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots			leaf					communal larva mines leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Kevan D.K., 1967	The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)	Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 103: 83-110.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

BORAGINACEAE (borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Amsinckia fiddlenecks				Genus	1 subtaxa	1 trophisms
Anchusa alkanets				Genus	4 subtaxa	12 trophisms
Asperugo procumbens Madwort				Species		2 trophisms
Borago borages				Genus	1 subtaxa	5 trophisms
Brunnera macrophylla Great Forget-me-not				Species		1 trophisms
Cerinthe honeyworts				Genus	2 subtaxa	4 trophisms
Cynoglossum hound’s tongues				Genus	2 subtaxa	17 trophisms
Echium viper’s buglosses				Genus	2 subtaxa	22 trophisms
Lithospermum gromwells				Genus	2 subtaxa	11 trophisms
Mertensia oysterplants				Genus	1 subtaxa	2 trophisms
Myosotis forget-me-nots				Genus	8 subtaxa	46 trophisms	1 references
Pentaglottis sempervirens Green Alkanet				Species		3 trophisms
Pulmonaria lungworts				Genus	4 subtaxa	10 trophisms
Symphytum comfreys				Genus	7 subtaxa	51 trophisms
Trachystemon orientalis Abraham-Isaac-Jacob				Species		1 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	BORAGINACEAE (borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots)
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 BORAGINACEAE (borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots)

BORAGINACEAE (borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to BORAGINACEAE (borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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