Borago officinalis L.
(Borage)

Interactions where Borago officinalis 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
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Golovinomyces cynoglossi a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cynoglossi/Golovinomyces cynoglossia powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Borago officinalis/Borago officinalisboragelive conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Golovinomyces cynoglossi a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cynoglossi/Golovinomyces cynoglossia powdery mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Borago officinalis/Borago officinalisboragelive cleistothecium parasitises live
leaf (lower) (live) live leaf (lower) is parasitised by circular, bordered, embedded sorus UK/Ireland Entyloma serotinum a smut fungus Entylomatales: Entylomataceae Entyloma serotinum Schröter, Mordue, J.E.M., 1970
Entyloma serotinum causing smut disease of Borage in Britain, Preece, T.F., 1993
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Entylomatales/Entylomataceae/Entyloma serotinum/Entyloma serotinuma smut funguscircular, bordered, embeddedsorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Borago officinalis/Borago officinalisborageliveleaf (lower) circular, bordered, embedded sorus parasitises live leaf (lower)
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Chromatomyia horticola a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Agromyzidae Newsletter No 3, August 2017, Anon, 2017
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia horticola/Chromatomyia horticolaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Borago officinalis/Borago officinalisborageleaf larva mines leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Anon, 2017Agromyzidae Newsletter No 3, August 2017Agromyzidae Recording Scheme Newsletter.
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Mordue, J.E.M., 1970Entyloma serotinum SchröterI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 962.
Preece, T.F., 1993Entyloma serotinum causing smut disease of Borage in BritainMycologist Vol 07 (3): 112.

Borago officinalis (Borage) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBorago officinalis (Borage)
GenusBorago (borages)
FamilyBORAGINACEAE (borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots)
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 Borago officinalis (Borage)

Borago officinalis (Borage) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Borago officinalis (Borage):

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