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. 2004 Jul;94(1):33–41. doi: 10.1093/aob/mch108

Table 2.

Visiting bee species and the rewards collected from the flowers of neotropical Malpighiaceae from a semi‐deciduous forest in south‐eastern Brazil

Bee species Rewards Plant species
Centris (Xanthemisia) bicolor Lepeletier O Blu, Dbr, Man, Sla, Tph
Centris (Melanocentris) collaris Lepeletier O Bad, Bmu, Dbr, Man, Sla, Tgu, Tph
Centris (Melanocentris) discolor Smith O Bad, Dbr, Man
Centris (Melanocentris) mocsaryi Friese O Bad, Bmu, Dbr, Man, Mco, Sla, Tgu
Centris (Centris) aenea Lepeletier O Dbr
Centris (Paremisia) fuscata Lepeletier O Bad, Tgu
Centris (Heterocentris) labrosa Friese O Dbr
Centris (Centris) nitens Lepeletier O Dbr, Mco
Centris (Hemisiella) tarsata Smith O Blu, Dbr, Mse
Centris (Hemisiella)trigonoides Lepeletier O Dbr, Sla
Epicharis (Epicharis) affinis Friese O/P Bad, Bmu, Dbr, Hin, Man, Sla, Tgu, Tph
Epicharis (Triepicharis) analis Lepeletier O Bmu, Dbr
Epicharis (Epicharis) flava Friese O/P all, except Mco
Epicharis (Triepicharis) schrottkyi Friese O/P Bad, Bmu, Dbr, Mco, Sla
Epicharis (Epicharitides) obscura Friese O Bad, Bmu, Sla
Monoeca sp.1 O/P Bad, Bmu, Dbr
Monoeca sp.2 O Bad, Man, Sla
Monoeca sp.3 O Hin
Paratetrapedia (P.) velutina Friese O/P Sla, Tgu
Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) sp.1 O/P Bad, Dbr, Sla
Paratetrapedia (L.) sp.2 O/P Bad, Bmu, Bpu, Dbr, Hin, Mco, Sla
Paratetrapedia (L.) sp.3 O/P Bad
Tetrapedia (T.) diversipes Klug O/P Bad, Hin, Mco, Sla, Tgu

O, oil; P, pollen; Bad, B. adenopoda; Blu, B. lutea; Bmu, B. muricata; Bpu, B. pubipetala; Dbr, D. bracteosa; Hin, H. intermedia; Man, M. anisopetala; Mco, M. cordifolia; Mse, M. sepium; Sla, S. lalandianum; Tgu, T. guilleminiana; Tph, T. phlomoides.