CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

Interactions where CYPERACEAE 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
(dead, decayed) dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody Major Resinomycena saccharifera a toadstool Agaricales: Mycenaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Resinomycena saccharifera/Resinomycena sacchariferaa toadstoolfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cyperaceaecotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedgesdead, decayeddebrisMajor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed debris
flower (live) live flower may house larva Haplothrips aculeatus a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Haplothrips aculeatus/Haplothrips aculeatusa thripslarva Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cyperaceaecotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedgesliveflower (8)larva may be found in live flower
flower (live) live flower may house adult Haplothrips aculeatus a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Haplothrips aculeatus/Haplothrips aculeatusa thripsadult Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cyperaceaecotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedgesliveflower (8-9)adult may be found in live flower
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Dolerus asper a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Dolerus asper/Dolerus aspera sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cyperaceaecotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedgesleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Questionable Dolerus nitens a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Dolerus nitens/Dolerus nitensa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cyperaceaecotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges?leaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Questionable Dolerus possilensis a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Dolerus possilensis/Dolerus possilensisa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cyperaceaecotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges?leaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Dolerus stygius a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Dolerus stygius/Dolerus stygiusa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cyperaceaecotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedgesleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Selandria melanosterna a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria melanosterna/Selandria melanosternaa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cyperaceaecotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedgesleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Selandria serva a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria serva/Selandria servaa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cyperaceaecotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedgesleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Macrophya duodecimpunctata a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Macrophya duodecimpunctata/Macrophya duodecimpunctataa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cyperaceaecotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedgesleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredopsis nassata a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredopsis nassata/Tenthredopsis nassataa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cyperaceaecotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedgesleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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

CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges) 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
Species 1 references
Species 1 references
Species 20 trophisms 1 references
Genus 55 subtaxa 676 trophisms 12 references
Species 53 trophisms
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms 1 references
Genus 6 subtaxa 36 trophisms 4 references
Species 1 references
Genus 4 subtaxa 35 trophisms 2 references
Species 1 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 5 trophisms
Genus 3 subtaxa 45 trophisms 3 references
Species 2 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 27 trophisms
Genus 5 subtaxa 20 trophisms 4 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Fitter, R., Fitter, A. & Farrer, A. 1984 Grasses, Sedges, Rushes & Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe Collins Pocket Guide, 256pp, HarperCollins
Jermy A.C., Chater, A.O. & David, R.W. 1982 *** Sedges of the British Isles ***(Superseded) BSBI Handbooks, No 1, Second edition, 268pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
Jermy A.C., Simpson, D.A., Foley, M.J.Y. & Porter, M.S. 2007 Sedges of the British Isles BSBI Handbooks, No 1, Third edition, 554pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest
Phillips, R. 1980 Grasses, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland 191pp, Pan Books
Rose, F. 1989 Colour Identification Guide to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of the British Isles and north-western Europe 240pp, Viking
() Stokoe, W.J. 1942 *** The Observer’s Book of Grasses, Sedges and Rushes ***(Superseded) Observer's Books, No 7, 191pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Hampshire

Rand, M. Key to Sedges in Hampshire http://hantsplants.org.uk/articles.php

CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Millar, N. 2007 Checklist of sedges and sedge allies http://www.wildlifebcnp.org/ecology-resources.htm

Cytology

Roalson, E.H. 2008 A Synopsis of Chromosome Number Variation in the Cyperaceae Botanical Review Vol 74: 209-393.

Plant Pathology

Graddon, W.D. 1977 Some new discomycetes on Cyperaceae Kew Bulletin vol 31 (3): 511-516.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 742 images of CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
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