Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb.
(Lesser Sea-spurrey)

Interactions where Spergularia marina 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
		is foodplant of			Gronops lunatus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Gronops lunatus/	Gronops lunatus	a weevil					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia marina/	Spergularia marina	lesser sea-spurrey					Major			feeds on
(live)		live is parasitised by sporangium			Peronospora obovata	a downy mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora obovata/	Peronospora obovata	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia marina/	Spergularia marina	lesser sea-spurrey		live						sporangium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by pycnium			Uromyces sparsus	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia marina/	Spergularia marina	lesser sea-spurrey		live						pycnium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by in rings aecium			Uromyces sparsus	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus		in rings		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia marina/	Spergularia marina	lesser sea-spurrey		live						in rings aecium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by uredium			Uromyces sparsus	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia marina/	Spergularia marina	lesser sea-spurrey		live						uredium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Uromyces sparsus	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 sparsus/	Uromyces sparsus	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia marina/	Spergularia marina	lesser sea-spurrey		live						telium parasitises live
above ground parts (live)		live above ground parts is parasitised by sorus			Albugo lepigoni	a white rust	Albuginales: Albuginaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Albugo lepigoni/	Albugo lepigoni	a white rust				sorus	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia marina/	Spergularia marina	lesser sea-spurrey		live	above ground parts					sorus parasitises live above ground parts

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
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society

Spergularia marina (Lesser Sea-spurrey) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Spergularia
(spurreys)

CARYOPHYLLACEAE
(chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Spergularia marina (Lesser Sea-spurrey)
Genus	Spergularia (spurreys)
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)

Spergularia marina is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Caryophyllaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Spergularia marina (Lesser Sea-spurrey)

Spergularia marina (Lesser Sea-spurrey) 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)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Spergularia marina (Lesser Sea-spurrey):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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