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A description of ''Mikania cordifolia'' is provided in [http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242428429 The Flora of North America].
  
 
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==Distribution==

Revision as of 20:39, 16 August 2015

Mikania cordifolia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus: Mikania
Species: M. cordifolia
Binomial name
Mikania cordifolia
(L. f.) Willd.
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Natural range of Mikania cordifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Florida Keys hempvine

Description

A description of Mikania cordifolia is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

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

Apidae: Bombus impatiens

Colletidae: Colletes mandibularis, Hylaeus graenicheri, H. schwarzi

Halictidae: Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis anonyma, A. metallica, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum miniatulus, L. nymphalis

Leucospididae: Leucospis affinis, L. robertsoni, L. slossonae

Megachilidae: Coelioxys mexicana, C. sayi, Megachile albitarsis, M. brevis pseudobrevis, M. mendica, M. xylocopoides

Sphecidae: Bicyrtes quadrifasciata, Crabro hilaris rufibasis, Ectemnius rufipes ais, Isodontia exornata, Oxybelus laetus fulvipes

Vespidae: Eumenes fraternus, E. smithii, Leptochilus republicanus, Pachodynerus erynnis, Polistes bellicosus, P. dorsalis hunteri, Polistes perplexus, Stenodynerus fundatiformis, S. histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons, S. pulvinatus surrufus

Vespidae: Zethus slossonae, Z. spinipes

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.