Mikania cordifolia
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
Contents
Description
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.