Euphorbia L.
(spurges)

Interactions where Euphorbia 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
has sap sucked by adult Dicranocephalus agilis a spurgebug Hemiptera: Stenocephalidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Stenocephalidae/Dicranocephalus agilis/Dicranocephalus agilisa spurgebugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia/Euphorbiaspurges adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Dicranocephalus agilis a spurgebug Hemiptera: Stenocephalidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Stenocephalidae/Dicranocephalus agilis/Dicranocephalus agilisa spurgebugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia/Euphorbiaspurges nymph sucks sap of
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium Peronospora euphorbiae a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora euphorbiae/Peronospora euphorbiaea downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia/Euphorbiaspurgeslive sporangium parasitises live
flower (live) live flower is grazed by adult Cryptocephalus moraei a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus moraei/Cryptocephalus moraeia leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia/Euphorbiaspurgesliveflower (5-9)adult grazes on live flower
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Aphthona atrocaerulea a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Aphthona atrocaerulea/Aphthona atrocaeruleaa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia/Euphorbiaspurgesleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Aphthona euphorbiae Large Flax Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Aphthona euphorbiae/Aphthona euphorbiaelarge flax flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia/Euphorbiaspurgesleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Aphthona melancholica a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Aphthona melancholica/Aphthona melancholicaa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia/Euphorbiaspurgesleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Foreign Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. poinsettiicola a plant pathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. poinsettiicola – bacterial angular leaf spot of poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), Anon., 2008
/Proteobacteria/Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. poinsettiicola/Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. poinsettiicolaa plant pathogenic bacterium Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia/Euphorbiaspurgesliveleaf causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Cryptocephalus moraei a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus moraei/Cryptocephalus moraeia leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia/Euphorbiaspurgesliveleaf (5-9)adult grazes on live leaf
shoot tip shoot tip is galled by larva Restricted Spurgia euphorbiae a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Spurgia euphorbiae/Spurgia euphorbiaea gall midgelarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia/Euphorbiaspurgesshoot tipSole larva causes gall of shoot tip

Author & YearTitleSource
Anon., 2008Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. poinsettiicola – bacterial angular leaf spot of poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)Plant Clinic News Nov 08: 1.
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
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Euphorbia (spurges) 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 trophisms
Species 20 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 10 trophisms 1 references
Species 5 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species hybrid 1 trophisms
Species 9 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms
Species 5 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms
Species 7 trophisms
Species 5 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 7 trophisms 2 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 5 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species aggregate 5 trophisms
Informal 1 trophisms
Informal 10 subtaxa 23 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusEuphorbia (spurges)
FamilyEUPHORBIACEAE (spurges)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
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 Euphorbia (spurges)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Euphorbia Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
Poland, J. 2005 Milk matters - the importance of latex in vegetative identification BSBI News No 100: 21-22.

Euphorbia (spurges) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Mace, T. British Cactus and Succulent Society www.bcss.org.uk/

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Euphorbia (spurges):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 118 images of Euphorbia (spurges)
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