Linum L.
(flaxes)

Interactions where Linum 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 foodplant of female micropter Thrips angusticeps Cabbage Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsfemale micropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum/Linumflaxeslive (4-6)female micropter feeds on live
(live) live is foodplant of male micropter Thrips angusticeps Cabbage Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsmale micropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum/Linumflaxeslive (5)male micropter feeds on live
(live) live is foodplant of female macropter Thrips angusticeps Cabbage Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsfemale macropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum/Linumflaxeslive (5-8)female macropter feeds on live
(live) live is foodplant of male macropter Thrips angusticeps Cabbage Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsmale macropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum/Linumflaxeslive (5-7)male macropter feeds on live
(live) live is foodplant of larva Thrips angusticeps Cabbage Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripslarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum/Linumflaxeslive (4-7)larva feeds on live
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/IrelandRestricted Longitarsus parvulus Flax Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus parvulus/Longitarsus parvulusflax flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum/LinumflaxesleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus parvulus Flax Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus parvulus/Longitarsus parvulusflax flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum/Linumflaxesleaf adult grazes on leaf
whole plant whole plant may be infected and damaged by Aureobasidium dematiaceous anamorph Discosphaerina fulvida Stem Break and Browning Of Linseed, Polysporosis Of Flax - causative organism Xylariales: Hyponectriaceae Discosphaerina fulvida, Sivanesan, A.
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Hyponectriaceae/Discosphaerina fulvida/Discosphaerina fulvidastem break and browning of linseed, polysporosis of flax (causative organism)Aureobasidium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum/Linumflaxeswhole plant Aureobasidium dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages whole plant

Author & YearTitleSource
Sivanesan, A.Discosphaerina fulvidaI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 982.
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Kevan D.K., 1967The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 103: 83-110.
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

Linum (flaxes) 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
Linum catharticum
Fairy Flax, Purging Flax
Species 6 trophisms
Linum grandiflorum
Crimson Flax
Species 2 trophisms
Linum usitatissimum
Flax
Species 21 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLinum (flaxes)
FamilyLINACEAE (flaxes)
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 Linum (flaxes)

Linum (flaxes) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Linum (flaxes):

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