Potamogeton natans L.
(Broad-leaved Pondweed)

Interactions where Potamogeton natans 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
is foodplant of Bagous limosus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bagous limosus/Bagous limosusa weevil Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton natans/Potamogeton natansbroad-leaved pondweed feeds on
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Donacia versicolorea a reed 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/Donacia versicolorea/Donacia versicoloreaa reed beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton natans/Potamogeton natansbroad-leaved pondweedleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Donacia versicolorea a reed 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/Donacia versicolorea/Donacia versicoloreaa reed beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton natans/Potamogeton natansbroad-leaved pondweedleaf (5-)7-8(-10)adult grazes on leaf
leaf (floating) floating leaf of esp. after pond has dried out is spotted by sorus UK/Ireland Doassansiopsis hydrophila Pondweed Smut Urocystidales: Doassansiopsidaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Doassansiopsidaceae/Doassansiopsis hydrophila/Doassansiopsis hydrophilapondweed smutsorus Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton natans/Potamogeton natansbroad-leaved pondweedfloatingleafesp. after pond has dried out sorus causes spots on floating leaf of esp. after pond has dried out
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by larva Restricted Cricotopus brevipalpis a non-biting midge Diptera: Chironomidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chironomidae/Cricotopus brevipalpis/Cricotopus brevipalpisa non-biting midgelarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton natans/Potamogeton natansbroad-leaved pondweedliveleafSole (summer)larva mines live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
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
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

Potamogeton natans (Broad-leaved Pondweed) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPotamogeton natans (Broad-leaved Pondweed)
GenusPotamogeton (pondweeds)
FamilyPOTAMOGETONACEAE (pondweeds)
OrderALISMATALES (pond plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Potamogeton natans (Broad-leaved Pondweed)

Potamogeton natans (Broad-leaved Pondweed) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Potamogeton natans (Broad-leaved Pondweed):

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