Carthamus tinctorius L.
(Safflower)

Interactions where Carthamus tinctorius 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 UK/Ireland Golovinomyces cichoracearum a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cichoracearum/Golovinomyces cichoracearuma powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carthamus tinctorius/Carthamus tinctoriussafflowerlive parasitises live
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Foreign Trupanea amoena a gall fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trupanea amoena/Trupanea amoenaa gall flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carthamus tinctorius/Carthamus tinctoriussafflowercapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Foreign Trupanea stellata Star-winged Ragwort Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trupanea stellata/Trupanea stellatastar-winged ragwort flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carthamus tinctorius/Carthamus tinctoriussafflowercapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum (live) live capitulum may contain larva Foreign Acanthiophilus helianthi Knapweed Ghost Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Acanthiophilus helianthi/Acanthiophilus helianthiknapweed ghostlarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carthamus tinctorius/Carthamus tinctoriussafflowerlivecapitulum larva feeds within live capitulum
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braun an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braun/Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braunan anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carthamus tinctorius/Carthamus tinctoriussafflowerliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Carthamus tinctorius (Safflower) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarthamus tinctorius (Safflower)
GenusCarthamus (a genus of flowering plants)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
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 Carthamus tinctorius (Safflower)

Carthamus tinctorius (Safflower) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Carthamus tinctorius (Safflower):

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