Malva L.
(mallows)

Interactions where Malva 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
		is foodplant of larva			Lixus pulverulentus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Lixus pulverulentus/	Lixus pulverulentus	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva/	Malva	mallows								larva feeds on
bract (live)		live bract is galled by pulvinate, hypophyllous telium			Puccinia malvacearum	Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungal foes in your garden no 29: Mallow and Hollyhock rust, Fox, R.T.V., 1995 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia malvacearum/	Puccinia malvacearum	mallow and hollyhock rust, mallow rust		pulvinate, hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva/	Malva	mallows		live	bract				(4-11)	pulvinate, hypophyllous telium causes gall of live bract
cambium		cambium may contain larva			Scolytus rugulosus	Fruit Bark Beetle, Shothole Borer (Small Fruit Bark Beetle)	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Scolytus rugulosus/	Scolytus rugulosus	fruit bark beetle, shothole borer (small fruit bark beetle)				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva/	Malva	mallows			cambium					larva feeds within cambium
leaf-mine (end of)		leaf-mine (end of) may house puparium			Chromatomyia horticola	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia horticola/	Chromatomyia horticola	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva/	Malva	mallows			leaf-mine (end of)					puparium may be found in leaf-mine (end of)
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Chromatomyia horticola	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia horticola/	Chromatomyia horticola	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva/	Malva	mallows			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is galled by			Aphis umbrella	an aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis (Aphis) umbrella/	Aphis (Aphis) umbrella	an aphid					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva/	Malva	mallows			leaf					causes gall of leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is galled by pulvinate, hypophyllous telium			Puccinia malvacearum	Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungal foes in your garden no 29: Mallow and Hollyhock rust, Fox, R.T.V., 1995 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia malvacearum/	Puccinia malvacearum	mallow and hollyhock rust, mallow rust		pulvinate, hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva/	Malva	mallows		live	leaf				(4-11)	pulvinate, hypophyllous telium causes gall of live leaf
petiole (live)		live petiole is parasitised by pulvinate telium			Puccinia malvacearum	Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Fungal foes in your garden no 29: Mallow and Hollyhock rust, Fox, R.T.V., 1995	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia malvacearum/	Puccinia malvacearum	mallow and hollyhock rust, mallow rust		pulvinate		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva/	Malva	mallows		live	petiole				(4-11)	pulvinate telium parasitises live petiole
stem		stem may contain larva			Aspidapion radiolus	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Aspidapion radiolus/	Aspidapion radiolus	a seed weevil				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva/	Malva	mallows			stem					larva feeds within stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph			Colletotrichum malvarum	Lavatera Leaf Spot - causative organism	Glomerellaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum malvarum/	Colletotrichum malvarum	lavatera leaf spot (causative organism)			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva/	Malva	mallows		live	stem					acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live stem
stem (live)		live stem is galled by pulvinate telium			Puccinia malvacearum	Mallow and Hollyhock Rust, Mallow Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Fungal foes in your garden no 29: Mallow and Hollyhock rust, Fox, R.T.V., 1995 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia malvacearum/	Puccinia malvacearum	mallow and hollyhock rust, mallow rust		pulvinate		telium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva/	Malva	mallows		live	stem				(4-11)	pulvinate telium causes gall of live stem

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
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fox, R.T.V., 1995	Fungal foes in your garden no 29: Mallow and Hollyhock rust	Mycologist Vol 09 (3): 129.
Morris, M.G., 1990	Orthocerous Weevils	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Malva (mallows) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MALVACEAE
(mallows & limes)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Tall Woody Herbs
(tall woody herbs)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Malva alcea Greater Musk-mallow				Species		1 trophisms
Malva arborea Tree-mallow				Species		12 trophisms
Malva moschata Musk-mallow				Species		5 trophisms
Malva neglecta Dwarf Mallow				Species		5 trophisms
Malva pusilla Small Mallow				Species		3 trophisms
Malva sylvestris Common Mallow				Species		15 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Malva (mallows)
Family	MALVACEAE (mallows & limes)
Order	MALVALES (mallows, limes, daphnes and rockroses)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Malva is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Malvaceae)
Tall Woody Herbs - tall woody herbs (via Malvaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Malva (mallows)

Malva (mallows) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Malva (mallows):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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