Mentha aquatica L.
(Water Mint)

Interactions where Mentha aquatica 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 Datonychus melanostictus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Datonychus melanostictus/Datonychus melanostictusa weevil Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mint feeds on
flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Zodion a genus of beegrabbers Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Zodion/Zodiona genus of beegrabbersadult Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintflower adult visits for nectar and/or pollen flower
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/IrelandMinor Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat. a powdery 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/Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat./Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat.a powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintliveMinor conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat. a powdery 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/Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat./Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat.a powdery mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintlive cleistothecium parasitises live
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Chrysolina graminis Tansy Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/Chrysolina graministansy beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintleaf (4-early 10)adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Chrysolina graminis Tansy Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/Chrysolina graministansy beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Major Chrysolina herbacea Mint Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina herbacea/Chrysolina herbaceamint leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/IrelandMajor Chrysolina herbacea Mint Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina herbacea/Chrysolina herbaceamint leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintleafMajor (3-10)adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Cassida viridis Green Tortoise Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida viridis/Cassida viridisgreen tortoise beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Cassida viridis Green Tortoise Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida viridis/Cassida viridisgreen tortoise beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza tetrasticha a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza tetrasticha/Phytomyza tetrastichaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Pachyprotasis nigronotata a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pachyprotasis nigronotata/Pachyprotasis nigronotataa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia lamii var lamii 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 lamii var. lamii/Ramularia lamii var. lamiian anamorphic fungusamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to densecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintliveleaf amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by UK/Ireland Physoderma menthae a chytridiomycete fungus Blastocladiales: Physodermataceae British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma menthae/Physoderma menthaea chytridiomycete fungus Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintliveleaf causes gall of live leaf
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by pycnium Major Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rustpycnium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintlive, elongatedshootMajor pycnium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by aecium Major Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rustaecium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintlive, elongatedshootMajor aecium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by uredium Major Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rusturedium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintlive, elongatedshootMajor uredium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by telium Major Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rusttelium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintlive, elongatedshootMajor telium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot
stem stem is galled by larva Major Squamapion vicinum a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Squamapion vicinum/Squamapion vicinuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintstemMajor larva causes gall of stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Hymenoscyphus repandus a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus repandus/Hymenoscyphus repandusa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintdeadstem (5-10)apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by stalked apothecium Hymenoscyphus scutula a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus scutula/Hymenoscyphus scutulaa discomycetestalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintdeadstem (9-11)stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live) live stem is galled by UK/Ireland Physoderma menthae a chytridiomycete fungus Blastocladiales: Physodermataceae British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma menthae/Physoderma menthaea chytridiomycete fungus Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha aquatica/Mentha aquaticawater mintlivestem causes gall of live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungiAIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
Smith, K.G.V., 1969Diptera: ConopidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Mentha aquatica (Water Mint) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMentha aquatica (Water Mint)
GenusMentha (mints)
FamilyLAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Mentha aquatica (Water Mint)

Mentha aquatica (Water Mint) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mentha aquatica (Water Mint):

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