Montia fontana L.
(Blinks)

Interactions where Montia fontana 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 (live, perforated) live, perforated leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Phaedon armoraciae a mustard beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon armoraciae/Phaedon armoraciaea mustard beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Montiaceae/Montia fontana/Montia fontanablinkslive, perforatedleaf (5-11)adult grazes on live, perforated leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by UK/Ireland Tolyposporium montiae a smut fungus Ustilaginales: Anthracoideaceae New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Tolyposporium montiae/Tolyposporium montiaea smut fungus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Montiaceae/Montia fontana/Montia fontanablinksliveleaf parasitises live leaf
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by UK/Ireland Tolyposporium montiae a smut fungus Ustilaginales: Anthracoideaceae New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Tolyposporium montiae/Tolyposporium montiaea smut fungus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Montiaceae/Montia fontana/Montia fontanablinkslivestem parasitises live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946New or interesting British fungiTBMS Vol 29 (3): 141-166.

Montia fontana (Blinks) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMontia fontana (Blinks)
GenusMontia (a genus of flowering plants)
FamilyMONTIACEAE (blinks)
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 Montia fontana (Blinks)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest
Poland, J. 2007 Maddening Mimics: a belated reply BSBI News 106: 4-6.

Montia fontana (Blinks) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Montia fontana (Blinks):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 36 images of Montia fontana (Blinks)
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