Persicaria vivipara (L.) Ronse Decr.
(Alpine Bistort)

Interactions where Persicaria vivipara 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
(live) live is parasitised by telium UK/Ireland Puccinia septentrionalis Alpine 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 septentrionalis/Puccinia septentrionalisalpine rusttelium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/Persicaria viviparaalpine bistortlive telium parasitises live
bulbil (live, swollen) live, swollen bulbil is galled by sorus UK/Ireland Microbotryum bistortarum a microbotryan smut Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae 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
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum bistortarum/Microbotryum bistortaruma microbotryan smutsorus Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/Persicaria viviparaalpine bistortlive, swollenbulbil (6)sorus causes gall of live, swollen bulbil
flower (live, swollen) live, swollen flower is galled by sorus UK/Ireland Microbotryum bistortarum a microbotryan smut Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae 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
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum bistortarum/Microbotryum bistortaruma microbotryan smutsorus Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/Persicaria viviparaalpine bistortlive, swollenflower (6)sorus causes gall of live, swollen flower
leaf leaf is parasitised by uredium Puccinia bistortae a rust fungus 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 bistortae/Puccinia bistortaea rust fungusuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/Persicaria viviparaalpine bistortleaf uredium parasitises leaf
leaf leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia bistortae a rust fungus 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 bistortae/Puccinia bistortaea rust fungushypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/Persicaria viviparaalpine bistortleaf hypophyllous telium parasitises leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by Bostrychonema anamorph UK/Ireland Bostrychonema alpestre an anamorphic fungus Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Bostrychonema alpestre/Bostrychonema alpestrean anamorphic fungusBostrychonema anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/Persicaria viviparaalpine bistortliveleaf Bostrychonema anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Bostrichonema anamorph UK/Ireland Bostrichonema polygoni an anamorphic fungus Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Bostrichonema polygoni/Bostrichonema polygonian anamorphic fungushypophyllouscolonyBostrichonema anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/Persicaria viviparaalpine bistortliveleaf hypophyllous colony of Bostrichonema anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, whitish, lax caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia bistortae an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia bistortae/Ramularia bistortaean anamorphic fungusamphigenous, whitish, laxcaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/Persicaria viviparaalpine bistortliveleaf amphigenous, whitish, lax caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by embedded, rounded sorus Foreign Microbotryum pustulatum Bistort Blister Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum pustulatum/Microbotryum pustulatumbistort blisterembedded, roundedsorus Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/Persicaria viviparaalpine bistortliveleaf embedded, rounded sorus parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by embedded, rounded sorus UK/IrelandQuestionable Microbotryum pustulatum Bistort Blister Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum pustulatum/Microbotryum pustulatumbistort blisterembedded, roundedsorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/Persicaria viviparaalpine bistort?liveleaf embedded, rounded sorus parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium UK/Ireland Puccinia septentrionalis Alpine 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 septentrionalis/Puccinia septentrionalisalpine rusthypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/Persicaria viviparaalpine bistortliveleaf hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of mycelium Foreign Cenococcum geophilum an ascomycete Mytilinidiales: Gloniaceae Observations on the mycorrhizal status of Polygonum viviparum in the Polish Tatra Mts. (Western Carpathians), Ronikier, M. & Mleczko, P., 2006
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Mytilinidiales/Gloniaceae/Cenococcum geophilum/Cenococcum geophiluman ascomycetemycelium Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria vivipara/Persicaria viviparaalpine bistortliveroot mycelium is ectomycorrhizal with live root

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. 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
Ronikier, M. & Mleczko, P., 2006Observations on the mycorrhizal status of Polygonum viviparum in the Polish Tatra Mts. (Western Carpathians)Acta Mycologica Vol 41 (2): 209-222.
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungiMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

Persicaria vivipara (Alpine Bistort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPersicaria vivipara (Alpine Bistort)
GenusPersicaria (knotweeds)
FamilyPOLYGONACEAE (docks and knotgrasses)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
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 Persicaria vivipara (Alpine Bistort)

Persicaria vivipara (Alpine Bistort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Mycorrhizal Associates

Ronikier, M. & Mleczko, P. 2006 Observations on the mycorrhizal status of Polygonum viviparum in the Polish Tatra Mts. (Western Carpathians) Acta Mycologica Vol 41 (2): 209-222.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Persicaria vivipara (Alpine Bistort):

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