Silene flos-cuculi (L.) Greuter & Burdet
(Ragged Robin, Ragged-robin)

Interactions where Silene flos-cuculi 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
anther (live) live anther may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Microbotryum violaceum s. lat. anther smuts (s.l.) Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae 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/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum violaceum s. lat./Microbotryum violaceum s. lat.anther smuts (s.l.)embeddedsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene flos-cuculi/Silene flos-cuculiragged robin, ragged-robinliveanther embedded sorus infects and damages live anther
flower (swollen) swollen flower is galled by sorus Foreign 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 saponariaesorus Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene flos-cuculi/Silene flos-cuculiragged robin, ragged-robinswollenflower sorus causes gall of swollen flower
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 melandricaulisa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene flos-cuculi/Silene flos-cuculiragged robin, ragged-robinstem 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 melandricaulisa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene flos-cuculi/Silene flos-cuculiragged robin, ragged-robinstem larva mines stem

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Mordue, J.E.M., 1970Sorosporium saponariaeI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 965.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Vánky, K., 1994European Smut Fungi570pp, Gustav Fischer Verlag

Silene flos-cuculi (Ragged Robin, Ragged-robin) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSilene flos-cuculi (Ragged Robin, Ragged-robin)
GenusSilene (campions and catchflies)
FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
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 Silene flos-cuculi (Ragged Robin, Ragged-robin)

Silene flos-cuculi (Ragged Robin, Ragged-robin) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Silene flos-cuculi (Ragged Robin, Ragged-robin):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 69 images of Silene flos-cuculi (Ragged Robin, Ragged-robin)
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