Aconitum L.
(monk’s-hoods)

Interactions where Aconitum 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
leaf leaf is mined by communal larva Phytomyza aconiti a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza aconiti/Phytomyza aconitia leaf-mining flycommunallarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Aconitum/Aconitummonk's-hoodsleaf communal larva mines leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandRare Plasmoverna pygmaea a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Plasmoverna pygmaea/Plasmoverna pygmaeaa downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Aconitum/Aconitummonk's-hoodsliveleafRare (4)sporangium parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Aconitum (monk’s-hoods) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Aconitum lycoctonum
Wolf’s-bane
Species 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Aconitum napellus
Monk’s Hood
Species 6 trophisms
Aconitum napellus s.l.
monk’s hood
Species aggregate 3 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAconitum (monk’s-hoods)
FamilyRANUNCULACEAE (buttercups, crowfoots)
OrderRANUNCULALES (buttercups, poppies and barberries)
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 Aconitum (monk’s-hoods)

Aconitum (monk’s-hoods) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Aconitum (monk’s-hoods):

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