Naturalization of the oil collecting bee Centris nitida (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Centrini), a potential pollinator of selected native, ornamental, and invasive plants in Florida

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-109

  Pemberton, Robert W ^a   Liu, Hong ^b  

^a INVASIVE PLANT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Buzz pollination; Byrsonima lucida; Centris errans; Centris lanosa; Oil reward flowers

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENTOMOPHILY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOWER VISITING; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURALIZATION; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SYMPATRY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SARASOTA; UNITED STATES;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BYRSONIMA LUCIDA; CENTRIS; CENTRIS NITIDA; FABACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALPIGHIACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 42049092761     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2008)091[0101:NOTOCB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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