Gymnadenia conopsea (L.) R. Br.
(Fragrant Orchid, Common Fragrant-orchid)

Interactions where Gymnadenia conopsea 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
(live) live is parasitised by caeomoid aecium Melampsora epitea a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea/Melampsora epiteaa rust funguscaeomoidaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Gymnadenia conopsea/Gymnadenia conopseafragrant orchid, common fragrant-orchidlive caeomoid aecium parasitises live
flower flower is pollinated or fertilised by adult Major SPHINGIDAE hawk or sphinx moths, hawk-moth Lepidoptera Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Sphingidae/Sphingidaehawk or sphinx moths, hawk-mothadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Gymnadenia conopsea/Gymnadenia conopseafragrant orchid, common fragrant-orchidflowerMajor adult pollinates or fertilises flower
flower flower is pollinated or fertilised by adult Zygaena filipendulae Six-spot Burnet Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Zygaenidae/Zygaena filipendulae/Zygaena filipendulaesix-spot burnetadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Gymnadenia conopsea/Gymnadenia conopseafragrant orchid, common fragrant-orchidflower adult pollinates or fertilises flower
flower flower is pollinated or fertilised by adult PAPILIONOIDEA butterflies Lepidoptera Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009
Orchids of Northern Europe, Nilsson, S., 1979
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Papilionoidea/Papilionoideabutterfliesadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Gymnadenia conopsea/Gymnadenia conopseafragrant orchid, common fragrant-orchidflower adult pollinates or fertilises flower
flower flower is pollinated or fertilised by adult Ochlodes sylvanus Large Skipper Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Hesperiidae/Ochlodes sylvanus/Ochlodes sylvanuslarge skipperadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Gymnadenia conopsea/Gymnadenia conopseafragrant orchid, common fragrant-orchidflower adult pollinates or fertilises flower
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by pycnium Melampsora epitea var epitea a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea var. epitea/Melampsora epitea var. epiteaa rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Gymnadenia conopsea/Gymnadenia conopseafragrant orchid, common fragrant-orchidliveleaf pycnium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous aecium Melampsora epitea var epitea a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea var. epitea/Melampsora epitea var. epiteaa rust fungusmostly hypophyllousaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Gymnadenia conopsea/Gymnadenia conopseafragrant orchid, common fragrant-orchidliveleaf (4-6)mostly hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, often circinate cluster cup of aecium Rare Puccinia sessilis Lily-of-the-valley, Ramsons and Arum Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia sessilis/Puccinia sessilislily-of-the-valley, ramsons and arum rusthypophyllous, often circinatecluster cupaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Gymnadenia conopsea/Gymnadenia conopseafragrant orchid, common fragrant-orchidliveleafRare hypophyllous, often circinate cluster cup of aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by pycnium Rare Puccinia sessilis Lily-of-the-valley, Ramsons and Arum Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia sessilis/Puccinia sessilislily-of-the-valley, ramsons and arum rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Gymnadenia conopsea/Gymnadenia conopseafragrant orchid, common fragrant-orchidliveleafRare pycnium parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Harrap, A. & S., 2009Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide2nd edition, 480pp, A&C Black Publishers Ltd
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
Nilsson, S., 1979Orchids of Northern EuropePenguin Nature Guides, 146pp, Penguin Books

Gymnadenia conopsea (Fragrant Orchid, Common Fragrant-orchid) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGymnadenia conopsea (Fragrant Orchid, Common Fragrant-orchid)
GenusGymnadenia (fragrant orchids)
FamilyORCHIDACEAE (orchids)
OrderASPARAGALES (orchids, daffodils, onions & irises)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gymnadenia conopsea (Fragrant Orchid, Common Fragrant-orchid)

Gymnadenia conopsea (Fragrant Orchid, Common Fragrant-orchid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Gymnadenia conopsea (Fragrant Orchid, Common Fragrant-orchid):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 15 images of Gymnadenia conopsea (Fragrant Orchid, Common Fragrant-orchid)
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