Rumex obtusifolius L.
(Broad-leaved Dock)

Interactions where Rumex obtusifolius 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 pycnium Puccinia phragmitis a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/Puccinia phragmitisa rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved docklive pycnium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces rumicis 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/Uromyces rumicis/Uromyces rumicisa rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved docklive telium parasitises live
leaf (petiole base) leaf (petiole base) is foodplant of larva Apion frumentarium a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae 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 obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockleaf (petiole base) larva feeds on leaf (petiole base)
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera rumicis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae 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 obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Euura vicina a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura vicina/Euura vicinaa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by immersed pseudothecium Venturia rumicis an ascomycete Venturiales: Venturiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Venturia rumicis/Venturia rumicisan ascomyceteimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockfadingleaf (11-7)immersed pseudothecium causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live, eaten to lace) live, eaten to lace leaf is grazed by hypophyllous, gregarious larva Gastrophysa viridula Green Dock Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae 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 obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved docklive, eaten to laceleaf hypophyllous, gregarious larva grazes on live, eaten to lace leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by hypophyllous adult Gastrophysa viridula Green Dock Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae 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 obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockliveleaf (4-9)hypophyllous adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, punctiform, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia occidentalis var occidentalis (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia occidentalis var. occidentalis/Ramularia occidentalis var. occidentalis(an anamorphic fungus)amphigenous, punctiform, greyish whitecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockliveleaf amphigenous, punctiform, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous caespituli of Ramularia anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia pratensis var pratensis an anamorphic ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia pratensis var. pratensis/Ramularia pratensis var. pratensisan anamorphic ascomycetemostly hypophyllouscaespituliRamularia anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockliveleaf (5-10)mostly hypophyllous caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish-white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Ramularia rubella an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia rubella/Ramularia rubellaan anamorphic fungusamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish-whitecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockliveleafMajor (3-11)amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish-white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia rumicis (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia rumicis/Ramularia rumicis(an anamorphic fungus)amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish whitecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockliveleaf amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by immersed pseudothecium Venturia rumicis an ascomycete Venturiales: Venturiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Venturia rumicis/Venturia rumicisan ascomyceteimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockliveleaf (11-7)immersed pseudothecium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by clustered aecium Puccinia phragmitis a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia phragmitis/Puccinia phragmitisa rust fungusclusteredaecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockliveleaf clustered aecium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Uromyces rumicis 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/Uromyces rumicis/Uromyces rumicisa rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
root collar (live) live root collar may be infected and damaged by mycelial fan UK/Ireland Armillaria mellea Honey Fungus 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 mellea/Armillaria melleahoney fungusmycelial fan Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockliveroot collar mycelial fan infects and damages live root collar
root collar (live) live root collar may be infected and damaged by mycelial fan UK/IrelandCaptivity Armillaria ostoyae Dark Honey Fungus 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 ostoyae/Armillaria ostoyaedark honey fungusmycelial fan Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockliveroot collar Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedmycelial fan infects and damages live root collar
root (live) live root may be infected and damaged by mycelial fan UK/Ireland Armillaria mellea Honey Fungus 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 mellea/Armillaria melleahoney fungusmycelial fan Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockliveroot mycelial fan infects and damages live root
root (live) live root may be infected and damaged by mycelial fan UK/IrelandCaptivity Armillaria ostoyae Dark Honey Fungus 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 ostoyae/Armillaria ostoyaedark honey fungusmycelial fan Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockliveroot Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedmycelial fan infects and damages live root
rootstock rootstock is foodplant of larva Apion frumentarium a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae 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 obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockrootstock larva feeds on rootstock
stem stem is foodplant of larva Apion frumentarium a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae 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 obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockstem larva feeds on stem
stem stem may contain larva Perapion hydrolapathi a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae 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 obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockstem larva feeds within stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pycnidium of Rhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Rhabdospora cirsii var rumicis 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 cirsii var. rumicis/Rhabdospora cirsii var. rumicisa coelomycetepycnidiumRhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockdeadstem (3)pycnidium of Rhabdospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed, gregarious pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Phomopsis durandiana a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis durandiana/Phomopsis durandianaa coelomyceteimmersed, gregariouspycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockdeadstemMajor (5-8)immersed, gregarious pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed perithecium Plagiostoma devexum a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Gnomoniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Gnomoniaceae/Plagiostoma devexum/Plagiostoma devexuma pyrenomyceteimmersedperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockdeadstem immersed perithecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by fruitbody Rare Steccherinum fimbriatum a resupinate spine fungus Polyporales: Meruliaceae 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/Polyporales/Meruliaceae/Steccherinum fimbriatum/Steccherinum fimbriatuma resupinate spine fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockdeadstemRare fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by fruitbody Lindtneria leucobryophila a resupinate fungus Russulales: Stephanosporaceae 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/Stephanosporaceae/Lindtneria leucobryophila/Lindtneria leucobryophilaa resupinate fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockdeadstem fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
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
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
West, J.S., Hughes, C. & Fox, R.T.V., 2000Armillaria mellea can infect the perennial weed, Rumex obtusifolius, in the UKNew Disease Reports Vol 1.

Rumex obtusifolius (Broad-leaved Dock) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRumex obtusifolius (Broad-leaved Dock)
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 obtusifolius (Broad-leaved Dock)

Rumex obtusifolius (Broad-leaved Dock) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rumex obtusifolius (Broad-leaved Dock):

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