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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Persea borbonia'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Persea borbonia'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
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Common name: redbay
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
Common name: redbay
 
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Pollination===
 
===Pollination===
Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on ''Persea borbonia'':
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The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Persea borbonia'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
 
 
Apidae: Apis mellifera
 
 
 
Apidae: Bombus impatiens
 
 
 
Apidae: Epeolus zonatus
 
 
 
Colletidae: Colletes banksi
 
 
 
Colletidae: Colletes brimleyi
 
 
 
Colletidae: Colletes nudus
 
 
 
Halictidae: Augochlora pura
 
 
 
Halictidae: Augochloropsis metallica
 
 
 
Halictidae: Lasioglossum pectoralis
 
 
 
Sphecidae: Cerceris fumipennis
 
 
 
Sphecidae: Tachytes auricomans
 
  
Vespidae: Mischocyttarus cubensis
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Apidae: ''Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens, Epeolus zonatus''
  
Vespidae: Pachodynerus erynnis
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Colletidae: ''Colletes banksi, C. brimleyi, C. nudus''
  
Vespidae: Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus
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Halictidae: ''Augochlora pura, Augochloropsis metallica, Lasioglossum pectoralis''
  
Vespidae: Polistes metricus
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Sphecidae: ''Cerceris fumipennis, Tachytes auricomans''
  
Vespidae: Zethus spinipes
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Vespidae: ''Mischocyttarus cubensis, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, Polistes metricus, Zethus spinipes''
  
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
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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.

Revision as of 09:23, 11 August 2015

Persea borbonia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Persea
Species: P. borbonia
Binomial name
Persea borbonia
(L.) Spreng.
Pers borb dist.jpg
Natural range of Persea borbonia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: redbay

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 Persea borbonia at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Apidae: Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens, Epeolus zonatus

Colletidae: Colletes banksi, C. brimleyi, C. nudus

Halictidae: Augochlora pura, Augochloropsis metallica, Lasioglossum pectoralis

Sphecidae: Cerceris fumipennis, Tachytes auricomans

Vespidae: Mischocyttarus cubensis, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, Polistes metricus, Zethus 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.