Ranunculus sceleratus L.
(Celery-leaved Buttercup)

Interactions where Ranunculus sceleratus 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 parasitised by UK/Ireland Erysiphe aquilegiae var ranunculi a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculi/Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculia powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus sceleratus/Ranunculus sceleratuscelery-leaved buttercup parasitises
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces dactylidis Celandine Clustercup Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces dactylidis/Uromyces dactylidiscelandine clustercup rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus sceleratus/Ranunculus sceleratuscelery-leaved buttercuplive pycnium parasitises live
leaf (radical) (live) live leaf (radical) is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Entylomella anamorph Questionable Entyloma ranunculi-repentis a smut fungus Entylomatales: Entylomataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Entylomatales/Entylomataceae/Entyloma ranunculi-repentis/Entyloma ranunculi-repentisa smut fungushypophyllouscolonyEntylomella anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus sceleratus/Ranunculus sceleratuscelery-leaved buttercup?liveleaf (radical) hypophyllous colony of Entylomella anamorph causes spots on live leaf (radical)
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Stethomostus fuliginosus a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Stethomostus fuliginosus/Stethomostus fuliginosusa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus sceleratus/Ranunculus sceleratuscelery-leaved buttercupleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by aecium Uromyces dactylidis Celandine Clustercup Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces dactylidis/Uromyces dactylidiscelandine clustercup rustaecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus sceleratus/Ranunculus sceleratuscelery-leaved buttercupliveleaf (early Spring)aecium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by immersed sorus UK/IrelandMajor Entyloma ranunculi-repentis a smut fungus Entylomatales: Entylomataceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
New British Records 232: Entyloma ranunculi-repentis, Spooner, B.M., 2003
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Entylomatales/Entylomataceae/Entyloma ranunculi-repentis/Entyloma ranunculi-repentisa smut fungusimmersedsorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus sceleratus/Ranunculus sceleratuscelery-leaved buttercupliveleafMajor immersed sorus parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by superficial Entylomella anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Entyloma ranunculi-repentis a smut fungus Entylomatales: Entylomataceae New British Records 232: Entyloma ranunculi-repentis, Spooner, B.M., 2003
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Entylomatales/Entylomataceae/Entyloma ranunculi-repentis/Entyloma ranunculi-repentisa smut fungussuperficialEntylomella anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus sceleratus/Ranunculus sceleratuscelery-leaved buttercupliveleafMajor superficial Entylomella anamorph parasitises live leaf
petiole (live) live petiole is parasitised by aecium Uromyces dactylidis Celandine Clustercup Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants, Henderson, D.M., 2004
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces dactylidis/Uromyces dactylidiscelandine clustercup rustaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus sceleratus/Ranunculus sceleratuscelery-leaved buttercuplivepetiole (early Spring)aecium parasitises live petiole

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
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Henderson, D.M., 2004The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants35pp, British Mycological Society
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
Spooner, B.M., 2003New British Records 232: Entyloma ranunculi-repentisMycologist Vol 17 (2): 62.

Ranunculus sceleratus (Celery-leaved Buttercup) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRanunculus sceleratus (Celery-leaved Buttercup)
GenusRanunculus (buttercups and crowfoots)
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 Ranunculus sceleratus (Celery-leaved Buttercup)

Ranunculus sceleratus (Celery-leaved Buttercup) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ranunculus sceleratus (Celery-leaved Buttercup):

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