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Deyrup, M.A. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
 
Deyrup, M.A. 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: October 2015. Collectors: Olga Lakela. States and Counties: Florida: Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
 
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: October 2015. Collectors: Olga Lakela. States and Counties: Florida: Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

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Centrosema arenicola
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Photo by Shirley Denton (Copyrighted, use by photographer’s permission only), Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae
Genus: Centrosema
Species: C. arenicola
Binomial name
Centrosema arenicola
(Small) F.J. Herm.
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Natural range of Centrosema arenicola from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: pineland butterfly pea

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida, C. arenicola has been found to occur in upland hardwood associations of Quercus and Sabal palmetto (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Quercus, Myrica, Sabal palmetto, Eupatorium, Galactia, and Clematis (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowers in August and September (FSU Herbarium).

Pollination

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

Apidae: Bombus pennsylvanicus

Megachilidae: Megachile integra, M. mendica

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References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. 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: October 2015. Collectors: Olga Lakela. States and Counties: Florida: Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.