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Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
 
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
  
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed:   Collectors:   States and Counties:   Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
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Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: K. Godfrey, Robert L. Lazor, Julie Neel, Cecil R. Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Franklin, Madison, Osceola, Wakulla. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

Revision as of 16:10, 12 November 2015

Polygonella robusta
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonella
Species: P. robusta
Binomial name
Polygonella robusta
(Small) G.L. Nesom & V.M. Bates
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Natural range of Polygonella robusta from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Largeflower jointweed

Taxonomic notes

Description

A description of Polygonella robusta is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida, P. robusta can occur in sandy old fields, sand dunes, and xeric oak/saw palmetto scrubs (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Polygonella robusta at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Apidae: Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens

Colletidae: Colletes mandibularis, Hylaeus confluens

Halictidae: Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis anonyma, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum miniatulus, L. nymphalis, L. placidensis, Sphecodes heraclei

Leucospididae: Leucospis robertsoni, L. slossonae

Megachilidae: Anthidiellum perplexum, Coelioxys octodentata, C. sayi, Megachile albitarsis

Pompilidae: Anoplius marginalis, Episyron conterminus posterus, Paracyphonyx funereus

Sphecidae: Bembix sayi, Bicyrtes capnoptera, Cerceris flavofasciata floridensis, Ectemnius rufipes ais, Isodontia exornata, Larra bicolor, Oxybelus emarginatus, O. laetus fulvipes, Philanthus politus, P. ventilabris, Tachysphex similis, Tachytes grisselli, T. validus

Vespidae: Eumenes fraternus, E. smithii, Euodynerus boscii boharti, Monobia quadridens, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, Polistes bellicosus, P. dorsalis hunteri, Pseudodynerus quadrisectus, Stenodynerus beameri, S. fundatiformis, S. histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons, S. oculeus, S. pulvinatus surrufus, Zethus slossonae

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: K. Godfrey, Robert L. Lazor, Julie Neel, Cecil R. Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Franklin, Madison, Osceola, Wakulla. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.