NYMPHAEACEAE
(water lilies)

Interactions where NYMPHAEACEAE 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 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
flower bud (live) live flower bud has sap sucked by Major Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae Water-lily Aphid, Water Lily Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeaewater-lily aphid, water lily aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaeaceaewater liliesliveflower budMajor (summer)sucks sap of live flower bud
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Galerucella nymphaeae Water-lily Leaf Beetle, Water-lily Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella nymphaeae/Galerucella nymphaeaewater-lily leaf beetle, water-lily beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaeaceaewater liliesliveleaf (5-)adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Galerucella nymphaeae Water-lily Leaf Beetle, Water-lily Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella nymphaeae/Galerucella nymphaeaewater-lily leaf beetle, water-lily beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaeaceaewater liliesliveleaf larva grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by caterpillar Nymphula nitidulata Beautiful China Mark, Beautiful China-mark Lepidoptera: Crambidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Nymphula nitidulata/Nymphula nitidulatabeautiful china mark, beautiful china-markcaterpillar Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaeaceaewater liliesliveleaf (autumn, spring)caterpillar mines live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by epiphyllous Major Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae Water-lily Aphid, Water Lily Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeaewater-lily aphid, water lily aphidepiphyllous Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaeaceaewater liliesliveleafMajor (summer)epiphyllous sucks sap of live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

NYMPHAEACEAE (water lilies) 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
Nuphar
lesser water lilies
Genus 4 subtaxa 12 trophisms 5 references
Nymphaea
water lilies
Genus 1 subtaxa 9 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyNYMPHAEACEAE (water lilies)
OrderNYMPHAEALES (water lilies and water shields)
SubclassPRE-DICOTS (primitive angiosperms)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for NYMPHAEACEAE (water lilies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Poland, J. 2005 Milk matters - the importance of latex in vegetative identification BSBI News No 100: 21-22.
Stewart, N.F. Nuphar / Nymphaea / Nymphoides, vegetative and fruiting material Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

NYMPHAEACEAE (water lilies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to NYMPHAEACEAE (water lilies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 24 images of NYMPHAEACEAE (water lilies)
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