Camellia L.
(camellias)

Interactions where Camellia 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
may be infected and damaged by UK/Ireland Armillaria honey fungi Agaricales: Physalacriaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria/Armillariahoney fungi Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Theaceae/Camellia/Camelliacamellias infects and damages
(dead) dead is decayed by pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Hendersonia maculans a coelomycete Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Hendersonia maculans/Hendersonia maculansa coelomycetepycnidiumHendersonia coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Theaceae/Camellia/Camelliacamelliasdead pycnidium of Hendersonia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead
corolla (brown blotched) brown blotched corolla may be infected and damaged by mycelium Ciborinia camelliae a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae RHS Gardening For All, RHS
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Ciborinia camelliae/Ciborinia camelliaea discomycetemycelium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Theaceae/Camellia/Camelliacamelliasbrown blotchedcorolla mycelium infects and damages brown blotched corolla
corolla (fallen) fallen corolla is decayed by sclerotium Ciborinia camelliae a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae RHS Gardening For All, RHS
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Ciborinia camelliae/Ciborinia camelliaea discomycetesclerotium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Theaceae/Camellia/Camelliacamelliasfallencorolla sclerotium is saprobic on fallen corolla
leaf (edge) leaf (edge) is grazed by nocturnal adult Major Otiorhynchus sulcatus Vine Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Otiorhynchus sulcatus/Otiorhynchus sulcatusvine weevilnocturnaladult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Theaceae/Camellia/Camelliacamelliasleaf (edge)Major nocturnal adult grazes on leaf (edge)
leaf (near veins) (live) live leaf (near veins) has sap sucked by hypophyllous Coccus hesperidum Brown Soft Scale, Brown Soft-scale Hemiptera: Coccidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Coccus hesperidum/Coccus hesperidumbrown soft scale, brown soft-scalehypophyllous Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Theaceae/Camellia/Camelliacamelliasliveleaf (near veins) (1-12)hypophyllous sucks sap of live leaf (near veins)
leaf leaf may be infected and damaged by mycelium UK/Ireland Phytophthora alni Sudden Oak Death - causative organism, SOD, Phytophthora Disease Of Alder Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae First report of Ramorum leaf blight and dieback (Phytophthora ramorum) on Camellia spp. in the UK, Beales, P.A., Brokenshire, T., Barnes, A.V., Barton, V.C. & Hughes, K.J.D., 2004
Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death or ramorum leaf blight and dieback, Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora alni/Phytophthora alnisudden oak death (causative organism), SOD, phytophthora disease of aldermycelium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Theaceae/Camellia/Camelliacamelliasleaf mycelium infects and damages leaf
leaf (fallen) fallen leaf is decayed by perithecium UK/Ireland Melanospora pegleri a pyrenomycete Melanosporales: Ceratostomataceae Melanospora pegleri, a new species from fallen Laurus and other leaves in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., Henrici, A. & Kirk, P.M., 1999
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Melanosporales/Ceratostomataceae/Melanospora pegleri/Melanospora pegleria pyrenomyceteperithecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Theaceae/Camellia/Camelliacamelliasfallenleaf perithecium is saprobic on fallen leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by hypophyllous UK/IrelandMajor Pulvinaria floccifera Cushion Scale, Cottony Camellia Scale Hemiptera: Coccidae Cottony camellia scale, an increasingly important horticultural pest, Anon., 2009
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Britain, Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Pulvinaria floccifera/Pulvinaria flocciferacushion scale, cottony camellia scalehypophyllous Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Theaceae/Camellia/CamelliacamelliasliveleafMajor hypophyllous sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by acervulus of Monochaetia coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Monochaetia karstenii a coelomycete Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Monochaetia karstenii/Monochaetia karsteniia coelomyceteacervulusMonochaetia coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Theaceae/Camellia/Camelliacamelliasliveleaf acervulus of Monochaetia coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may have epiphytic epiphyllous thallus Cephaleuros a genus of algal leaf spots Trentepohliales: Trentepohliaceae Algal leaf spot - Cephaleuros species, Anon., 2009
 /Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Trentepohliales/Trentepohliaceae/Cephaleuros/Cephaleurosa genus of algal leaf spotsepiphyllousthallus Plant / epiphyte /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Theaceae/Camellia/Camelliacamelliasliveleaf epiphyllous thallus grows on live leaf
root root is grazed by subterranean larva Otiorhynchus sulcatus Vine Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Otiorhynchus sulcatus/Otiorhynchus sulcatusvine weevilsubterraneanlarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Theaceae/Camellia/Camelliacamelliasroot subterranean larva grazes on root
twig twig may be infected and damaged by mycelium UK/Ireland Phytophthora alni Sudden Oak Death - causative organism, SOD, Phytophthora Disease Of Alder Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae First report of Ramorum leaf blight and dieback (Phytophthora ramorum) on Camellia spp. in the UK, Beales, P.A., Brokenshire, T., Barnes, A.V., Barton, V.C. & Hughes, K.J.D., 2004
Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death or ramorum leaf blight and dieback, Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora alni/Phytophthora alnisudden oak death (causative organism), SOD, phytophthora disease of aldermycelium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Theaceae/Camellia/Camelliacamelliastwig mycelium infects and damages twig

Author & YearTitleSource
RHSRHS Gardening For Allwww.rhs.org.uk/index.asp
Anon., 2009Cottony camellia scale, an increasingly important horticultural pestPlant Clinic News June 09: 1.
Anon., 2009Algal leaf spot - Cephaleuros speciesPlant Clinic News June 09: 2.
Beales, P.A., Brokenshire, T., Barnes, A.V., Barton, V.C. & Hughes, K.J.D., 2004First report of Ramorum leaf blight and dieback (Phytophthora ramorum) on Camellia spp. in the UKNew Disease Reports Vol 9.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Hawksworth, D.L., Henrici, A. & Kirk, P.M., 1999Melanospora pegleri, a new species from fallen Laurus and other leaves in the British IslesKew Bulletin Vol 54 (3): 795-799.
Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death or ramorum leaf blight and diebackMycologist Vol 18 (4): 151-156.
Moore, W.C., 1959British Parasitic Fungi430pp, Cambridge University Press
Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in BritainBr. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 30: 145-153.

Camellia (camellias) 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
Camellia japonica
Camellia
Species 9 trophisms
Camellia x williamsii
a hybrid camellia
Species hybrid 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCamellia (camellias)
FamilyTHEACEAE (camellias and tea trees)
OrderERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
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 Camellia (camellias)

Camellia (camellias) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Camellia (camellias):

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