Saxifraga oppositifolia L.
(Purple Saxifrage)

Interactions where Saxifraga oppositifolia 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').

Filters:

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			Melampsora arctica	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora arctica/	Melampsora arctica	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga oppositifolia/	Saxifraga oppositifolia	purple saxifrage		live						pycnium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by caeomoid aecium			Melampsora arctica	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae	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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora arctica/	Melampsora arctica	a rust fungus		caeomoid		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga oppositifolia/	Saxifraga oppositifolia	purple saxifrage		live						caeomoid aecium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia pazschkei var jueliana	a saxifrage 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 pazschkei var. jueliana/	Puccinia pazschkei var. jueliana	a saxifrage rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga oppositifolia/	Saxifraga oppositifolia	purple saxifrage		live						telium parasitises live
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by sorus			Arcticomyces warmingii	a ustilaginomycete fungus	Exobasidiales: Exobasidiaceae	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/Exobasidiales/Exobasidiaceae/Arcticomyces warmingii/	Arcticomyces warmingii	a ustilaginomycete fungus				sorus	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Saxifragaceae/Saxifraga oppositifolia/	Saxifraga oppositifolia	purple saxifrage		live	leaf					sorus parasitises live leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Saxifraga oppositifolia (Purple Saxifrage) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Saxifraga
(saxifrages)

SAXIFRAGACEAE
(saxifrages)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Saxifraga oppositifolia (Purple Saxifrage)
Genus	Saxifraga (saxifrages)
Family	SAXIFRAGACEAE (saxifrages)
Order	SAXIFRAGALES (saxifrages, stonecrops, peonies, currants and gooseberries)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Saxifraga oppositifolia is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Saxifragaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Saxifraga oppositifolia (Purple Saxifrage)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Elias, D.	2003	Purple Saxifrage on Cadair Idris	Vol 14, No. 3 Page: 204

Saxifraga oppositifolia (Purple Saxifrage) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Saxifraga
(saxifrages)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Saxifraga oppositifolia (Purple Saxifrage):

Saxifraga
(saxifrages)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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