Licania michauxii

Licania michauxii
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Chrysobalanaceae
Genus:	Licania
Species:	L. michauxii
Binomial name
Licania michauxii Prance
Natural range of Licania michauxii from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: gopher apple

Ecology

Habitat

Habitats of L. michauxii include pine-palmetto woods; dry pine barrens; sandhills; scrub above wetland depression; shrubby boarders of depression marshes; and wooded slopes of ravines. It has been found in disturbed sites such as cutover flatwoods and dirt roads. Associated species include Pinus palustris, Quercus laevis, Aristida stricta, Rhynchosia and Chrysoma. Soils include those of Astatula (Typic Quartzipsamments) and Paola (Spodic Quartzipsamments) types (FSU Herbarium).

Pollination

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

Apidae: Apis mellifera, Epeolus glabratus, E. zonatus

Colletidae: Colletes sp. A

Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis metallica, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum nymphalis, Sphecodes heraclei

Leucospididae: Leucospis robertsoni, L. slossonae

Megachilidae: Megachile brevis pseudobrevis, M. rugifrons

Pompilidae: Anoplius relativus, Paracyphonyx funereus

Sphecidae: Ammophila urnaria, Bembecinus nanus floridanus, Bembix sayi, Bicyrtes quadrifasciata, Cerceris blakei, C. flavofasciata floridensis, C. fumipennis, Microbembex monodonta, Stictiella serrata

Vespidae: Euodynerus castigatus rubrivestris, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, Stenodynerus fundatiformis

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.