Rumex L.
(docks)

Interactions where Rumex 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 larva Rhinoncus pericarpius a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhinoncus pericarpius/Rhinoncus pericarpiusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocks larva feeds on
may be infected and damaged by UK/Ireland Armillaria honey fungi Agaricales: Physalacriaceae Armillaria mellea can infect the perennial weed, Rumex obtusifolius, in the UK, West, J.S., Hughes, C. & Fox, R.T.V., 2000
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria/Armillariahoney fungi Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocks infects and damages
flower bud (unopened) unopened flower bud is grazed by mobile cased larva Cryptocephalus fulvus a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / mobile cased feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksunopenedflower bud larva grazes in mobile case on unopened flower bud
leaf (petiole base) leaf (petiole base) is foodplant of larva Apion frumentarium a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksleaf (petiole base) larva feeds on leaf (petiole base)
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Chaetocnema concinna Beet Flea Beetle, Mangold Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chaetocnema concinna/Chaetocnema concinnabeet flea beetle, mangold flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Chaetocnema concinna Beet Flea Beetle, Mangold Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chaetocnema concinna/Chaetocnema concinnabeet flea beetle, mangold flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Mantura obtusata a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Mantura obtusata/Mantura obtusataa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Mantura obtusata a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Mantura obtusata/Mantura obtusataa flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Mantura rustica a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Mantura rustica/Mantura rusticaa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Mantura rustica a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Mantura rustica/Mantura rusticaa flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera rumicis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera rumicis/Hypera rumicisa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Major Ametastegia glabrata a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Ametastegia glabrata/Ametastegia glabrataa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/RumexdocksleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is foodplant of larva Ametastegia tenera a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Ametastegia tenera/Ametastegia teneraa sawflylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksleaf larva feeds on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Euura annulata a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura annulata/Euura annulataa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/RumexdocksleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf (curled) curled leaf is swollen by Aphis rumicis an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphid Predators, Rotheray, G.E., 1989
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis (Aphis) rumicis/Aphis (Aphis) rumicisan aphid Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdockscurledleaf causes swelling of curled leaf
leaf (live, eaten to lace) live, eaten to lace leaf is grazed by hypophyllous, gregarious larva Restricted Gastrophysa viridula Green Dock 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/Gastrophysa viridula/Gastrophysa viridulagreen dock beetlehypophyllous, gregariouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdockslive, eaten to laceleafSole hypophyllous, gregarious larva grazes on live, eaten to lace leaf
leaf (live, riddled with holes) live, riddled with holes leaf is grazed by larva Gastrophysa polygoni a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Gastrophysa polygoni/Gastrophysa polygonia leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdockslive, riddled with holesleaf (late 5-late 9)larva grazes on live, riddled with holes leaf
leaf (live, riddled with holes) live, riddled with holes leaf is grazed by adult Gastrophysa polygoni a leaf 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/Gastrophysa polygoni/Gastrophysa polygonia leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdockslive, riddled with holesleaf (8-9)adult grazes on live, riddled with holes leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by hypophyllous adult Gastrophysa viridula Green Dock 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/Gastrophysa viridula/Gastrophysa viridulagreen dock beetlehypophyllousadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksliveleaf (4-9)hypophyllous adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Labidostomis tridentata a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Labidostomis tridentata/Labidostomis tridentataa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksliveleaf (5-7)adult grazes on live leaf
root root is galled by larva Apion rubiginosum a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion rubiginosum/Apion rubiginosuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksroot larva causes gall of root
root (live) live root has sap sucked by Aphis sambuci Elder Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphid Predators, Rotheray, G.E., 1989
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis (Aphis) sambuci/Aphis (Aphis) sambucielder aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksliveroot (summer)sucks sap of live root
rootstock rootstock is foodplant of larva Apion frumentarium a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksrootstock larva feeds on rootstock
stem (large) (dead) dead stem (large) is decayed by fruitbody Lachnella alboviolascens a cyphelloid fungus Agaricales: Niaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Lachnella alboviolascens/Lachnella alboviolascensa cyphelloid fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksdeadstem (large) fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem (large)
stem (near base) (dead, standing) dead, standing stem (near base) is decayed by apothecium Hyalopeziza millepunctata a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Hyalopeziza millepunctata/Hyalopeziza millepunctataa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksdead, standingstem (near base) (1-)4-6(-12)apothecium is saprobic on dead, standing stem (near base)
stem stem is foodplant of larva Apion frumentarium a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksstem larva feeds on stem
stem stem is galled by larva Minor Apion rubiginosum a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion rubiginosum/Apion rubiginosuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/RumexdocksstemMinor larva causes gall of stem
stem stem may contain larva Perapion curtirostre a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Perapion curtirostre/Perapion curtirostrea seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksstem larva feeds within stem
stem stem may contain larva Perapion hydrolapathi a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Perapion hydrolapathi/Perapion hydrolapathia seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksstem larva feeds within stem
stem stem may contain larva Perapion violaceum a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Perapion violaceum/Perapion violaceuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksstem larva feeds within stem
stem (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody Lachnella villosa a cyphelloid fungus Agaricales: Niaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Lachnella villosa/Lachnella villosaa cyphelloid fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksdead, decayedstem fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, subepidermal, black pycnidium of Rhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Rhabdospora pleosporoides a coelomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Rhabdospora pleosporoides/Rhabdospora pleosporoidesa coelomycetescattered, subepidermal, blackpycnidiumRhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksdeadstem (1-3)scattered, subepidermal, black pycnidium of Rhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph Torula herbarum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Capnodiales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Torula herbarum/Torula herbaruma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyTorula dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksdeadstem effuse colony of Torula dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium Leptosphaeria ogilviensis an ascomycete Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria ogilviensis/Leptosphaeria ogilviensisan ascomycetepseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksdeadstem pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Major Paraleptosphaeria macrospora an ascomycete Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Paraleptosphaeria macrospora/Paraleptosphaeria macrosporaan ascomyceteimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/RumexdocksdeadstemMajor (4-6)immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed or semi-immersed pseudothecium Major Lophiostoma angustilabrum an ascomycete Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lophiostomataceae/Lophiostoma angustilabrum/Lophiostoma angustilabruman ascomyceteimmersed or semi-immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/RumexdocksdeadstemMajor (2-10)immersed or semi-immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by partly immersed pseudothecium Lophiostoma fuckelii var fuckelii an ascomycete Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lophiostomataceae/Lophiostoma fuckelii var. fuckelii/Lophiostoma fuckelii var. fuckeliian ascomycetepartly immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksdeadstem (3-10)partly immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by usually immersed pseudothecium Major Lophiostoma vagabundum an ascomycete Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lophiostomataceae/Lophiostoma vagabundum/Lophiostoma vagabunduman ascomyceteusually immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/RumexdocksdeadstemMajor (1-12)usually immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed or semi-immersed pseudothecium Major Sigarispora caulium an ascomycete Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lophiostomataceae/Sigarispora caulium/Sigarispora cauliuman ascomyceteimmersed or semi-immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/RumexdocksdeadstemMajor (1-12)immersed or semi-immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Dendryphiella dematiaceous anamorph Dendryphiella vinosa a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Dendryphiella vinosa/Dendryphiella vinosaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyDendryphiella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksdeadstem (5-9)effuse colony of Dendryphiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by stalked apothecium Hymenoscyphus scutula a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus scutula/Hymenoscyphus scutulaa discomycetestalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksdeadstem (9-11)stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Belonidium sulphureum Yellow Mascara Disco Helotiales: Lachnaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Belonidium sulphureum/Belonidium sulphureumyellow mascara discosessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksdeadstem (8-10)sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by Botrytis cinerea Grey Mould Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Botrytis cinerea/Botrytis cinereagrey mould Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksdeadstem is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Chalara urceolata a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microascales 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/Microascales/Chalara urceolata/Chalara urceolataa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyChalara dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksdeadstem effuse colony of Chalara dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by fruitbody UK/IrelandRare Asterostroma cervicolor Fawn Starweb Russulales: Lachnocladiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Lachnocladiaceae/Asterostroma cervicolor/Asterostroma cervicolorfawn starwebfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/RumexdocksdeadstemRare fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem
stem (old, dead) old, dead stem is decayed by hysterothecium UK/Ireland Gloniopsis praelonga an ascomycete Hysteriales: Hysteriaceae British species of Hysterium, Gloniopsis, Dichaena and Mytilidion, Bisby, G.R., 1941
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Gloniopsis praelonga/Gloniopsis praelongaan ascomycetehysterothecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksold, deadstem hysterothecium is saprobic on old, dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Benson, R.B., 1958Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(c), 252pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Bisby, G.R., 1941British species of Hysterium, Gloniopsis, Dichaena and MytilidionTBMS Vol 25(2): 127-140,IN1.
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
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Rumex (docks) 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
Rumex acetosa
Common Sorrel
Species 2 subtaxa 37 trophisms
Rumex acetosella
Sheep’s Sorrel
Species 52 trophisms
Rumex aquaticus
Scottish Dock
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Rumex confertus
Russian Dock
Species 3 trophisms
Rumex confertus x obtusifolius = R. x borbasii
a dock
Species hybrid 1 trophisms
Rumex conglomeratus
Clustered Dock
Species 15 trophisms
Rumex crispus
Curled Dock
Species 24 trophisms
Rumex dentatus
Aegean Dock
Species 2 trophisms
Rumex hydrolapathum
Water Dock
Species 20 trophisms
Rumex longifolius
Northern Dock
Species 7 trophisms
Rumex maritimus
Golden Dock
Species 4 trophisms
Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-leaved Dock
Species 27 trophisms
Rumex palustris
Marsh Dock
Species 1 trophisms
Rumex patientia
Patience Dock
Species 6 trophisms
Rumex pulcher
Fiddle Dock
Species 4 trophisms
Rumex rupestris
Shore Dock
Species 1 references
Rumex salicifolius
Willow-leaved Dock
Species 1 trophisms
Rumex sanguineus
Wood Dock
Species 4 trophisms
Rumex sanguineus x obtusifolius = R. x dufftii
a dock
Species hybrid 1 trophisms
Rumex scutatus
French Sorrel
Species 4 trophisms
Rumex stenophyllus
a dock
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusRumex (docks)
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 Rumex (docks)

Rumex (docks) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Lousley, J.E. The importance of cytology in the study of Rumex Warburg, E.F. Cytology and critical groups, 6pp, British Flowering Plants and Modern Systematic Methods

Plant Pathology

Salt, D.T. & Whittaker, J.B. 1998 Insects on dock plants 56pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Rumex (docks):

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