Silene latifolia Poir.
(White Campion)

Interactions where Silene latifolia 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 parasitised by			Erysiphe buhrii	Campion Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe buhrii/	Erysiphe buhrii	campion mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion								parasitises
(live)		live is associate of adult			Dicyphus globulifer	a plantbug	Hemiptera: Miridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dicyphus (Brachyceroea) globulifer/	Dicyphus (Brachyceroea) globulifer	a plantbug				adult	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion		live						adult is associated with live
(live)		live is associate of nymph			Dicyphus globulifer	a plantbug	Hemiptera: Miridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dicyphus (Brachyceroea) globulifer/	Dicyphus (Brachyceroea) globulifer	a plantbug				nymph	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion		live					(6-early 8)	nymph is associated with live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia behenis	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 behenis/	Puccinia behenis	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion		live						telium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia behenis	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 behenis/	Puccinia behenis	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion		live						uredium parasitises live
anther (live)		live anther may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus			Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae	White Campion Anther Smut	Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae	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 lychnidis-dioicae/	Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae	white campion anther smut		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion		live	anther					embedded sorus infects and damages live anther
flower (swollen)		swollen flower is galled by sorus			Thecaphora saponariae		Urocystidales: Glomosporiaceae	Sorosporium saponariae, Mordue, J.E.M., 1970 European Smut Fungi, Vánky, K., 1994	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Glomosporiaceae/Thecaphora saponariae/	Thecaphora saponariae				sorus		Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion		swollen	flower					sorus causes gall of swollen flower
hypocotyl (black, thin)		black, thin hypocotyl of seedling may be infected and damaged by embedded oospore			Aphanomyces cochlioides	a water mould	Saprolegniales: Leptolegniaceae	Aphanomyces cochlioides, Hall, G., 1980	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Leptolegniaceae/Aphanomyces cochlioides/	Aphanomyces cochlioides	a water mould		embedded		oospore	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion		black, thin	hypocotyl	seedling				embedded oospore infects and damages black, thin hypocotyl of seedling
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph			Pseudocercosporella woronovii	(A Leaf-spot Fungus)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Pseudocercosporella woronovii/	Pseudocercosporella woronovii	(a leaf-spot fungus)			colony	Pseudocercosporella anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion		live	leaf					colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia lychnidicola	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia lychnidicola/	Ramularia lychnidicola	an anamorphic fungus		mainly hypophyllous	colony	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion		live	leaf		Major			mainly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by densely gregarious, subepidermal, erumpent pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta cookei	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta cookei/	Ascochyta cookei	a coelomycete		densely gregarious, subepidermal, erumpent	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion		live	leaf					densely gregarious, subepidermal, erumpent pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium			Puccinia arenariae	Sweet William 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 arenariae/	Puccinia arenariae	sweet william rust		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion		live	leaf		Minor			hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
stem base (necrotic at base)		necrotic at base stem base of seedling may be infected and damaged by embedded oospore			Aphanomyces cochlioides	a water mould	Saprolegniales: Leptolegniaceae	Aphanomyces cochlioides, Hall, G., 1980	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Leptolegniaceae/Aphanomyces cochlioides/	Aphanomyces cochlioides	a water mould		embedded		oospore	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion		necrotic at base	stem base	seedling				embedded oospore infects and damages necrotic at base stem base of seedling
stem mine		stem mine may house puparium			Ophiomyia melandricaulis	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia melandricaulis/	Ophiomyia melandricaulis	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion	?		stem mine					puparium may be found in stem mine
stem		stem is mined by larva			Ophiomyia melandricaulis	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia melandricaulis/	Ophiomyia melandricaulis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/	Silene latifolia	white campion	?		stem					larva mines stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1995	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Hall, G., 1980	Aphanomyces cochlioides	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 972.
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
Mordue, J.E.M., 1970	Sorosporium saponariae	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 965.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi	Mycologist 20 (3): 90-96.
Vánky, K., 1994	European Smut Fungi	570pp, Gustav Fischer Verlag

Silene latifolia (White Campion) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Silene
(campions and catchflies)

CARYOPHYLLACEAE
(chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Silene latifolia ssp alba a white campion				Subspecies		2 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Silene latifolia (White Campion)
Genus	Silene (campions and catchflies)
Family	CARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
Order	CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Silene latifolia is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Caryophyllaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Silene latifolia (White Campion)

Silene latifolia (White Campion) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Valentine, D.H.		Geographical distribution and isolation in some British ecospecies	Dandy, J.E. The Watsonian vice-county system, 9pp, The Study of the Distribution of British Plants
Dioecy
Monéger, F., Barbacar, N. & Negrutiu, I.	2000	Dioecious Silene at the X-road: the reasons Y	Sexual Plant Reproduction Vol 12 (4): 245-249.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Silene latifolia (White Campion):

Silene
(campions and catchflies)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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