Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl
(Flixweed)

Interactions where Descurainia sophia 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 Ceutorhynchus pulvinatus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus pulvinatus/Ceutorhynchus pulvinatusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Descurainia sophia/Descurainia sophiaflixweed larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Ceutorhynchus rapae a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus rapae/Ceutorhynchus rapaea weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Descurainia sophia/Descurainia sophiaflixweed larva feeds on
has sap sucked by adult Eurydema dominulus a shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Descurainia sophia/Descurainia sophiaflixweed adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Eurydema dominulus a shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Descurainia sophia/Descurainia sophiaflixweed nymph sucks sap of
(live) live is parasitised by Foreign Erysiphe cruciferarum Brassica Powdery Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe cruciferarum/Erysiphe cruciferarumbrassica powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Descurainia sophia/Descurainia sophiaflixweedlive parasitises live

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Descurainia sophia (Flixweed) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDescurainia sophia (Flixweed)
GenusDescurainia (a genus of flowering plants)
FamilyBRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
OrderBRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiderflowers and garden nasturtiums)
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 Descurainia sophia (Flixweed)

Descurainia sophia (Flixweed) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Descurainia sophia (Flixweed):

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