Hypericum (St John's worts)

Interactions where Hypericum 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 State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
	may have adult	Cryptocephalus fulvus	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 fulvus/	Cryptocephalus fulvus	a leaf beetle			adult	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts						(5-10)	adult may be found on
	may have adult	Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis	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 hypochaeridis/	Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis	a leaf beetle			adult	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts						(4-9)	adult may be found on
	may have adult	Cryptocephalus labiatus	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 labiatus/	Cryptocephalus labiatus	a leaf beetle			adult	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts						(3-11)	adult may be found on
	is grazed by mobile cased larva	Cryptocephalus moraei	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus moraei/	Cryptocephalus moraei	a leaf beetle			larva	Foodplant / mobile cased feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts							larva grazes in mobile case on
	bud has sap sucked by	Rhopalus parumpunctatus	a rhopalid bug	Hemiptera: Rhopalidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus/	Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus	a rhopalid bug				Foodplant / sap sucker		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts			bud				sucks sap of bud
	seed has sap sucked by	Rhopalus parumpunctatus	a rhopalid bug	Hemiptera: Rhopalidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus/	Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus	a rhopalid bug				Foodplant / sap sucker		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts			seed				sucks sap of seed
branch (dead)	dead branch is decayed by densely scattered, oval, up to 2mm long, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Cytospora hyperici	a stromatic coelomycete	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora hyperici/	Cytospora hyperici	a stromatic coelomycete	densely scattered, oval, up to 2mm long, plurilocular	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts	dead	branch				(7-9)	densely scattered, oval, up to 2mm long, plurilocular stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
flower head (dried)	dried flower head may have larva	Chrysolina varians	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina varians/	Chrysolina varians	a leaf beetle			larva	Plant / resting place / on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts	dried	flower head		Sole		(5-9)	larva may be found on dried flower head
flower	flower is grazed by adult	Chrysolina hyperici	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina hyperici/	Chrysolina hyperici	a leaf beetle			adult	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts		flower				(early 6-2)	adult grazes on flower
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 moraei	a leaf beetle			adult	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts	live	flower				(5-9)	adult grazes on live flower
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Chrysolina brunsvicensis	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina brunsvicensis/	Chrysolina brunsvicensis	a leaf beetle			larva	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts		leaf		Sole			larva grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Chrysolina brunsvicensis	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina brunsvicensis/	Chrysolina brunsvicensis	a leaf beetle			imago	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts		leaf				(1-12)	imago grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Chrysolina hyperici	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina hyperici/	Chrysolina hyperici	a leaf beetle			larva	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts		leaf		Sole			larva grazes on leaf
leaf	leaf is grazed by adult	Chrysolina hyperici	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina hyperici/	Chrysolina hyperici	a leaf beetle			adult	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts		leaf				(early 6-2)	adult grazes on leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is grazed by larva	Chrysolina varians	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina varians/	Chrysolina varians	a leaf beetle			larva	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts	live	leaf		Sole		(5-9)	larva grazes on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is grazed by nocturnal adult	Chrysolina varians	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina varians/	Chrysolina varians	a leaf beetle	nocturnal		adult	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts	live	leaf				(6-10,3-)	nocturnal adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf may shelter larva	Chrysolina varians	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina varians/	Chrysolina varians	a leaf beetle			larva	Plant / resting place / under		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts	live	leaf		Sole		(5-9)	larva may be found under 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 moraei	a leaf beetle			adult	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts	live	leaf				(5-9)	adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is spun by caterpillar	Cacoecimorpha pronubana	Carnation Tortrix, Mediterranean Leaf Roller	Lepidoptera: Tortricidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Cacoecimorpha pronubana/	Cacoecimorpha pronubana	carnation tortrix, mediterranean leaf roller			caterpillar	Foodplant / spinner		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts	live	leaf			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced		caterpillar spins live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is mined by caterpillar	Fomoria septembrella	Hypericum Pigmy	Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nepticulidae/Fomoria septembrella/	Fomoria septembrella	hypericum pigmy			caterpillar	Foodplant / miner	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts	live	leaf				(summer & late autumn)	caterpillar mines live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, caeomoid aecium	Melampsora hypericorum	Hypericum Rust, Tutsan Rust	Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 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 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora hypericorum/	Melampsora hypericorum	hypericum rust, tutsan rust	hypophyllous, caeomoid		aecium	Foodplant / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts	live	leaf				(5-10)	hypophyllous, caeomoid aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal telium	Melampsora hypericorum	Hypericum Rust, Tutsan Rust	Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 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 British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora hypericorum/	Melampsora hypericorum	hypericum rust, tutsan rust	hypophyllous, subepidermal		telium	Foodplant / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts	live	leaf					hypophyllous, subepidermal telium parasitises live leaf
stem	stem is grazed by larva	Chrysolina brunsvicensis	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina brunsvicensis/	Chrysolina brunsvicensis	a leaf beetle			larva	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts		stem		Sole			larva grazes on stem
stem	stem is grazed by larva	Chrysolina hyperici	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina hyperici/	Chrysolina hyperici	a leaf beetle			larva	Foodplant / open feeder		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/	Hypericum	St John's worts		stem		Sole			larva grazes on stem

Subtaxon	Rank	No of interactions	No of references
Hypericum androsaemum Tutsan	Species	3 trophisms
Hypericum androsaemum x hircinum = H. x inodorum tall tutsan	Species hybrid	2 trophisms
Hypericum calycinum Rose-of-Sharon	Species	4 trophisms
Hypericum cernuum a garden St John’s Wort	Species	2 trophisms
Hypericum elodes Marsh St John’s-wort	Species	2 trophisms	1 references
Hypericum hirsutum Hairy St John’s-wort	Species	9 trophisms
Hypericum humifusum Trailing St John’s-wort	Species	1 trophisms
Hypericum kotschyanum a St John’s-wort	Species	1 trophisms
Hypericum linariifolium Toadflax-leaved St John’s-wort	Species		1 references
Hypericum maculatum Imperforate St John’s-wort	Species	9 trophisms
Hypericum montanum Pale St John’s-wort	Species	2 trophisms
Hypericum patulum a garden St John’s Wort	Species	2 trophisms
Hypericum perforatum Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort	Species	22 trophisms
Hypericum perforatum x maculatum = H. x desetangsii Des Etangs’ St John’s-wort	Species hybrid	1 trophisms
Hypericum pulchrum Slender St John’s-wort	Species	6 trophisms
Hypericum tetrapterum Square-stalked St John’s-wort	Species	12 trophisms
Hypericum webbii a St John’s-wort	Species	1 trophisms

Genus	Hypericum (St John’s worts)
Family	HYPERICACEAE (St John’s-worts)
Order	MALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Hypericum L.
(St John’s worts)

Interactions where Hypericum is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Identification Works

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Robbins, R., 1990	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands	Benchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	British Rust Fungi	384pp, Cambridge University Press