BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc.)

Interactions where BRASSICACEAE 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
is foodplant of larva Meligethes coracinus a pollen beetle Coleoptera: Nitidulidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Meligethes coracinus/Meligethes coracinusa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc. larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Aulacobaris lepidii a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Aulacobaris lepidii/Aulacobaris lepidiia weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc. larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Ceutorhynchus contractus Cabbage Leaf Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus contractus/Ceutorhynchus contractuscabbage leaf weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc. larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Ceutorhynchus hepaticus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus hepaticus/Ceutorhynchus hepaticusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc. larva feeds on
is foodplant of Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus Cabbage Stem Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus/Ceutorhynchus pallidactyluscabbage stem weevil Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc. feeds on
is foodplant of larva Ceutorhynchus rapae a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus rapae/Ceutorhynchus rapaea weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc. larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Ceutorhynchus sulcicollis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus sulcicollis/Ceutorhynchus sulcicollisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc. larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Ceutorhynchus typhae a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus typhae/Ceutorhynchus typhaea weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc. larva feeds on
has sap sucked by adult Eurydema oleracea Brassica Bug, Cabbage Bug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea/Eurydema (Eurydema) oleraceabrassica bug, cabbage bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc. adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by adult Eurydema dominulus a shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc. adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Eurydema dominulus a shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc. nymph sucks sap of
(live) live is foodplant of female micropter Thrips angusticeps Cabbage Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsfemale micropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live (4-6)female micropter feeds on live
(live) live is foodplant of male micropter Thrips angusticeps Cabbage Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsmale micropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live (5)male micropter feeds on live
(live) live is foodplant of female macropter Thrips angusticeps Cabbage Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsfemale macropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live (5-8)female macropter feeds on live
(live) live is foodplant of male macropter Thrips angusticeps Cabbage Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsmale macropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live (5-7)male macropter feeds on live
(live) live is foodplant of larva Thrips angusticeps Cabbage Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripslarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live (4-7)larva feeds on live
(live) live is parasitised by colony of sporangium Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat. Brassica Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat./Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat.brassica downy mildewcolonysporangium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live (1-4)colony of sporangium parasitises live
flower bud pollen (live) live flower bud pollen is foodplant of larva Meligethes viridescens a pollen beetle Coleoptera: Nitidulidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Meligethes viridescens/Meligethes viridescensa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.liveflower bud pollen larva feeds on live flower bud pollen
flower flower is foodplant of Major Aeolothrips intermedius a thrips Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Aeolothrips intermedius/Aeolothrips intermediusa thrips Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.flowerMajor feeds on flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of adult Aeolothrips tenuicornis a thrips Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Aeolothrips tenuicornis/Aeolothrips tenuicornisa thripsadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.liveflower adult feeds on live flower
green parts (live, discoloured, distorted) live, discoloured, distorted green parts is swollen by colony UK/Ireland Albugo candida s. lat. White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae Albuginales: Albuginaceae Fungal foes in your garden no 6: White Blister, Bailey, A.G., 1989
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Albugo candida s. lat./Albugo candida s. lat.white blister or white rust of Brassicaceaecolony Foodplant / false gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live, discoloured, distortedgreen parts (spring, early autumn)colony causes swelling of live, discoloured, distorted green parts
inflorescence inflorescence is galled by larva Dasineura sisymbrii a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura sisymbrii/Dasineura sisymbriia gall midgelarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.inflorescence larva causes gall of inflorescence
leaf (midrib of larger leaf) leaf (midrib of larger leaf) may contain larva Phytomyza rufipes a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza rufipes/Phytomyza rufipesa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.leaf (midrib of larger leaf) larva feeds within leaf (midrib of larger leaf)
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva Athalia ancilla Maiden Tigress Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Athalia ancilla/Athalia ancillamaiden tigressgregariouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.leaf (underside) gregarious larva grazes on leaf (underside)
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva Questionable Athalia lugens Shady Tigress Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Athalia lugens/Athalia lugensshady tigressgregariouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.?leaf (underside) gregarious larva grazes on leaf (underside)
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva Athalia rosae Turnip Tigress Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Athalia rosae/Athalia rosaeturnip tigressgregariouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.leaf (underside) gregarious larva grazes on leaf (underside)
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Psylliodes chrysocephala Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle, Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Psylliodes chrysocephala/Psylliodes chrysocephalacabbage stem flea beetle, cabbage-stem flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.leafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Psylliodes chrysocephala Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle, Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Psylliodes chrysocephala/Psylliodes chrysocephalacabbage stem flea beetle, cabbage-stem flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.leaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Psylliodes napi a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Psylliodes napi/Psylliodes napia flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.leafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Psylliodes napi a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Psylliodes napi/Psylliodes napia flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.leaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Liriomyza strigata a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza strigata/Liriomyza strigataa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.leaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf may have puparium Phytomyza rufipes a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza rufipes/Phytomyza rufipesa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.leaf puparium may be found on leaf
leaf leaf is galled by Aphis brassicae an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis brassicae/Aphis brassicaean aphid Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.leaf causes gall of leaf
leaf (live, discoloured, distorted) live, discoloured, distorted leaf is swollen by colony UK/Ireland Albugo candida s. lat. White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae Albuginales: Albuginaceae Fungal foes in your garden no 6: White Blister, Bailey, A.G., 1989
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Albugo candida s. lat./Albugo candida s. lat.white blister or white rust of Brassicaceaecolony Foodplant / false gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live, discoloured, distortedleaf (spring, early autumn)colony causes swelling of live, discoloured, distorted leaf
leaf (live, with nibbled holes) live, with nibbled holes leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon cochleariae Mustard Beetle, Watercress Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon cochleariae/Phaedon cochleariaemustard beetle, watercress beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live, with nibbled holesleaf (5-9)adult grazes on live, with nibbled holes leaf
leaf (live, yellow-blotched) live, yellow-blotched leaf may be infected and damaged by Foreign Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris Brassica Black Rot Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Proteobacteria/Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris/Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestrisbrassica black rot Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live, yellow-blotchedleaf infects and damages live, yellow-blotched leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria brassicicola a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria brassicicola/Alternaria brassicicolaa dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organismamphigenouscolonyAlternaria dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.liveleaf amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female UK/Ireland Andrena niveata Long-fringed Mini-miner Hymenoptera: Andrenidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Andrenidae/Andrena niveata/Andrena niveatalong-fringed mini-minerfemale Foodplant / nestUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.pollen female provisions nest with pollen
root (live) live root is galled by larva Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus) cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.liveroot (3-)larva causes gall of live root
root (swollen, distorted, often fused) swollen, distorted, often fused root is galled by Major Plasmodiophora brassicae Club-root or Finger-and-toe Of Cabbage - causative organism Plasmodiophorida: Plasmodiophoridae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Plasmodiophora brassicae/Plasmodiophora brassicaeclub-root or finger-and-toe of cabbage - causative organism Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.swollen, distorted, often fusedrootMajor causes gall of swollen, distorted, often fused root
seed seed has sap sucked by nymph Eurydema oleracea Brassica Bug, Cabbage Bug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea/Eurydema (Eurydema) oleraceabrassica bug, cabbage bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.seed nymph sucks sap of seed
stem (base, or just below) stem (base, or just below) is galled by Rhizobium radiobacter Crown Gall - causative organism Rhizobiales: Rhizobiaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Proteobacteria/Alphaproteobacteria/Rhizobiales/Rhizobiaceae/Rhizobium radiobacter/Rhizobium radiobactercrown gall (causative organism) Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.stem (base, or just below) causes gall of stem (base, or just below)
stem stem may contain larva Phytomyza rufipes a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza rufipes/Phytomyza rufipesa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.stem larva feeds within stem
stem stem may have puparium Phytomyza rufipes a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza rufipes/Phytomyza rufipesa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.stem puparium may be found on stem
stem stem is galled by Albugo white rusts Albuginales: Albuginaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Albugo/Albugowhite rusts Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.stem causes gall of stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Bailey, A.G., 1989Fungal foes in your garden no 6: White BlisterMycologist Vol 03 (3): 146.
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
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

BRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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references
Alliaria petiolata
Garlic Mustard, Jack By The Hedge, Hedge Garlic
Species 21 trophisms
Alyssum
alysums or alisons
Genus 2 subtaxa 6 trophisms
Arabidopsis
a genus of flowering plants
Genus 1 subtaxa 4 trophisms
Arabis
rock cresses
Genus 4 subtaxa 16 trophisms
Armoracia rusticana
Horse Radish, Horse-radish
Species 19 trophisms
Aubrieta deltoidea
Aubretia
Species 3 trophisms
Barbarea
winter-cresses
Genus 3 subtaxa 7 trophisms
Berteroa incana
Hoary Alison
Species 1 trophisms
Biscutella
a genus of flowering plants
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Brassica
cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape
Genus 16 subtaxa 273 trophisms 9 references
Bunias erucago
Southern Warty-cabbage
Species 1 trophisms
Bunias orientalis
Warty Cabbage, Warty-cabbage
Species 1 trophisms
Cakile maritima
Sea Rocket
Species 4 trophisms
Camelina
golds of pleasure
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Capsella
a genus of flowering plants
Genus 1 subtaxa 12 trophisms
Cardamine
bitter-cresses
Genus 7 subtaxa 30 trophisms 5 references
Chorispora tenella
Species 1 trophisms
Cochlearia
scurvygrasses
Genus 4 subtaxa 15 trophisms
Coincya
a genus of flowering plants
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms 3 references
Conringia orientalis
Hare’s-ear Mustard
Species 1 trophisms
Crambe
a genus of flowering plants
Genus 1 subtaxa 5 trophisms
Descurainia
a genus of flowering plants
Genus 1 subtaxa 5 trophisms
Diplotaxis
wall-rockets
Genus 2 subtaxa 6 trophisms 1 references
Draba
whitlowgrasses
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Erophila
whitlowgrasses
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Erucastrum
a genus of flowering plants
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Erysimum
wall flowers
Genus 3 subtaxa 21 trophisms
Hesperis
dame’s-violets
Genus 1 subtaxa 8 trophisms
Hirschfeldia incana
Hoary Mustard
Species 3 references
Hornungia petraea
Hutchinsia
Species 1 trophisms
Iberis
candytufts
Genus 2 subtaxa 5 trophisms
Isatis
a genus of flowering plants
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Lepidium
pepperworts
Genus 9 subtaxa 24 trophisms 2 references
Lobularia maritima
Sweet Alison, Sweet Alyssum
Species 2 trophisms
Lunaria
honesties
Genus 2 subtaxa 10 trophisms
Malcolmia
a genus of flowering plants
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Matthiola
stocks
Genus 1 subtaxa 13 trophisms
Pseudoturritis turrita
Tower Cress
Species 1 trophisms
Raphanus
radishes
Genus 3 subtaxa 36 trophisms
Rorippa
yellow-cresses and water-cresses
Genus 7 subtaxa 35 trophisms 2 references
Sinapis
wild mustards
Genus 2 subtaxa 32 trophisms 1 references
Sisymbrium
rockets
Genus 5 subtaxa 30 trophisms
Subularia aquatica
Awlwort
Species 1 references
Teesdalia nudicaulis
Shepherd’s Cress
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Thlaspi
penny-cresses
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyBRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
OrderBRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiderflowers and garden nasturtiums)
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 BRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Rich, T.C.G. 1991 Crucifers of Great Britain and Ireland BSBI Handbooks, No 6, 336pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)

BRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Wiltshire, S.P. 1947 Species of Alternaria on Brassicae Mycological Papers, No. 20, 15pp, Commonwealth Mycological Institute

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to BRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 919 images of BRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)

Cruciferae

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