First Project Update, Oct 2023
Firstly, thanks to every observer who has contributed to the Bee-Flower Interaction Project over the past year. We know adding plant identifications is not always easy, and we are only thankful to you for the time and effort that you have put in. We also thank people who are more familiar with plants for their help in identifying plants.
We have been wanting to follow-up with an update and to be able to present the data that we’ve gathered so far. We hope this journal update serves that purpose.
To begin with, here’s a distribution of all the observations that have been added to the project. As evident, we need to add observations from more regions of the country to make sure that the data is reflective of the diversity, and also continue adding more observations. Any help towards achieving this is welcome, and we look for your continued support.
Again, we would like to thank every individual who has contributed to the project in the form of observations, plant IDs and in every other way.
Aethomegachile (4) | Apis florea (82) | Rosa | Nomia buddha (1) | Xylocopa (29) |
Cajanus | Acacia | Rotheca | Anisomeles | Alpinia |
Luffa | Acmella | Ruellia | Nomia crassipes (6) | Argyreia |
Millettia | Allium | Sphagneticola | Cleome | Calotropis |
Phaseolus | Alternanthera | Taraxacum | Coleus | Centrosema |
Amegilla (7) | Amaranthaceae | Tecoma | Ocimum | Crotalaria |
Calotropis | Antigonon | Turnera | Sesamum | Crotalarieae |
Cyanthillium | Arecaceae | Ctenoplectra (1) | Sphenoclea | Cyanotis |
Lantana | Argemone | Dendrobium | Tridax | Hygrophila |
Leucas | Asclepias | Eoanthidium salemense (3) | Nomia curvipes (1) | Justicia |
Ocimum | Asteraceae | Bidens | Tridax | Lantana |
Solanum | Avicennia | Ocimum | Nomia elliotii (3) | Leucas |
Tribulus | Bacopa | Sphagneticola | Cleome | Libidibia |
Amegilla confusa (1) | Borassus | Euaspis (5) | Coccinia | Luffa |
Lamiaceae | Boswellia | Asystasia | Millettia | Mesosphaerum |
Amegilla dizona (3) | Brassica | Medicago | Nomia iridescens (3) | Millettia |
Anisomeles | Brassicaceae | Millettia | Caesalpinia | Mimosa |
Leucas | Calotropis | Murraya | Senna | Momordica |
Tecoma | Capparis | Ocimum | Volkameria | Passiflora |
Amegilla violacea (4) | Chromolaena | Eucerini (4) | Nomia radiata (1) | Pentas |
Calotropis | Cleome | Fabales | Corchorus | Phaseolus |
Costus | Combretum | Luffa | Nomia strigata (6) | Rotheca |
Lantana | Couroupita | Smithia | Bauhinia | Samanea |
Mesosphaerum | Cuphea | Vicoa | Cocos | Senna |
Andrena (1) | Cyanotis | Eutricharaea (3) | Derris | Solanum |
Rubus | Cyperus | Cajanus | Lantana | Stachytarpheta |
Anthophila (2) | Derris | Scoparia | Urena | Thunbergia |
Jatropha | Euphorbia | Tridax | Zingiberaceae | Tricholepis |
Pogostemon | Gaillardia | Halictidae (2) | Nomia thoracica (3) | Vigna |
Anthophora (1) | Gazania | Antigonon | Corchorus | Wisteria |
Corydalis | Gerbera | Grewia | Justicia | Xylocopa auripennis (5) |
Apidae (1) | Glycosmis | Halictini (3) | Leea | Calotropis |
Mammea | Gomphrena | Cocos | Nomia westwoodi (31) | Catharanthus |
Apinae (2) | Gymnema | Dianthus | Abutilon | Crotalaria |
Antigonon | Hamelia | Murraya | Antigonon | Hellenia |
Strobilanthes | Hygrophila | Halictus latisignatus (2) | Asystasia | Millettia |
Apis (1) | Ipomoea | Alternanthera | Averrhoa | Xylocopa fenestrata (10) |
Lantana | Ixora | Senecio | Caesalpinia | Alangium |
Apis cerana (104) | Jacquemontia | Homalictus (1) | Cichorioideae | Asclepias |
Acanthaceae | Justicia | Pseuderanthemum | Cleome | Cajanus |
Adelocaryum | Kydia | Hoplonomia (7) | Coccinia | Calotropis |
Ageratum | Lagenaria | Cajanus | Coleus | Coccinia |
Allium | Lagerstroemia | Cleome | Crotalarieae | Crotalaria |
Aloysia | Leea | Crotalaria | Cucurbitales | Lantana |
Antigonon | Leucas | Justicia | Cuphea | Luffa |
Argemone | Libidibia | Muntingia | Drymophila | Momordica |
Asclepias | Luffa | Senna | Gomphrena | Sesamum |
Asteraceae | Melanthera | Solanum | Grewia | Xylocopa ruficornis (14) |
Averrhoa | Mikania | Hylaeus (3) | Leea | Crotalaria |
Bauhinia | Millettia | Cleome | Macroptilium | Grewia |
Bidens | Mimosa | Loranthaceae | Mesosphaerum | Hydrangea |
Brassica | Mitracarpus | Terminalia | Millettia | Lantana |
Brassicaceae | Muntingia | Ipomalictus (1) | Murdannia | Millettia |
Calliandra | Murdannia | Hibiscus | Neltuma | Mimusops |
Canna | Neltuma | Koptortosoma (20) | Passiflora | Passiflora |
Capparis | Nelumbo | Anisomeles | Plumbago | Rotheca |
Cardiospermum | Nymphaea | Calotropis | Rotheca | Senna |
Carduoideae | Nymphaeaceae | Clerodendrum | Salvia | Smithia |
Centratherum | Ocimum | Crotalaria | Sida | Solanum |
Chrozophora | Opuntia | Lagerstroemia | Solanum | Tecoma |
Cirsium | Parthenium | Leucas | Tadehagi | Thunbergia |
Cleome | Phyla | Lobelia | Tecomaria | Turnera |
Coccinia | Picris | Luffa | Tridax | Xylocopa tenuiscapa (15) |
Cocos | Portulaca | Millettia | Vitex | Acanthus |
Coleus | Psidium | Mimusops | Nomiinae (2) | Argyreia |
Commelina | Pyrostegia | Passiflora | Crotalaria | Asclepias |
Cosmos | Ricinus | Passifloraceae | Leea | Calotropis |
Crotalaria | Rosa | Pentas | Osmia (1) | Cassia |
Cucurbita | Samanea | Petrea | Cicer | Clitoria |
Cucurbitaceae | Scoparia | Phaseolus | Osmiini (1) | Crotalaria |
Cuphea | Solidago | Senna | Silybum | Crotalarieae |
Cyanotis | Sphagneticola | Sesamum | Pachyanthidium lachrymosum (1) | Luffa |
Cyathocline | Syzygium | Sida | Fabaceae | Mesosphaerum |
Cycadaceae | Tagetes | Stachytarpheta | Pachyhalictus (1) | Millettia |
Dahlia | Tecoma | Tecoma | Begonia | Nerium |
Dalbergia | Terminalia | Lasioglossum (24) | Pithitis (33) | Rotheca |
Derris | Trianthema | Abutilon | Asystasia | Stachytarpheta |
Diplocyclos | Tridax | Brassica | Bidens | Thunbergia |
Duranta | Verbesina | Calotropis | Cleome | Xylocopa tranquebarica (3) |
Erigeron | Vigna | Cichorium | Cosmos | Impatiens |
Euphorbia | Vitex | Cocos | Crotalaria | Polianthes |
Evolvulus | Volkameria | Coleus | Cucumis | Sesamum |
Gazania | Zinnia | Cosmos | Cucurbitaceae | Xylocopa tranquebarorum (1) |
Guilandina | Apis laboriosa (3) | Cyanotis | Cuphea | Lantana |
Hamelia | Campanula | Ixora | Fabaceae | Zonamegilla (39) |
Heliantheae | Geranium | Leea | Glycosmis | Alpinia |
Helianthus | Rubus | Mazus | Helianthus | Calotropis |
Hyptis | Apis mellifera (4) | Mesosphaerum | Ipomoea | Capsicum |
Impatiens | Argemone | Millettia | Jacquemontia | Cascabela |
Ipomoea | Nerium | Momordica | Malvastrum | Clitoria |
Ischaemum | Syzygium | Ocimum | Millettia | Coleus |
Ixora | Tridax | Plumbago | Momordica | Corchorus |
Jacquemontia | Austronomia (4) | Poaceae | Murraya | Cucurbitaceae |
Jatropha | Cucumis | Poales | Ocimum | Curculigo |
Leea | Cyanotis | Ruellia | Persicaria | Galphimia |
Lepidagathis | Pigea | Sphagneticola | Plumbago | Hippeastrum |
Lippia | Sida | Tribulus | Portulaca | Ipomoea |
Luffa | Bombus (6) | Tridax | Ruellia | Justicia |
Malpighia | Centaurea | Turnera | Salvia | Lantana |
Mammea | Gaillardia | Zephyranthes | Sida | Lepidagathis |
Memecylon | Lamium | Lasioglossum albescens (22) | Smithia | Leucas |
Millettia | Lantana | Alternanthera | Spermacoce | Luffa |
Mimosa | Salvia | Asystasia | Sphagneticola | Memecylon |
Mitracarpus | Solanum | Capsicum | Tephrosia | Mesosphaerum |
Muntingia | Bombus breviceps (1) | Carduoideae | Torenia | Millettia |
Musa | Lantana | Combretum | Trichodesma | Moringa |
Nymphaeaceae | Bombus genalis (1) | Cosmos | Tridax | Mussaenda |
Ocimum | Rubus | Hamelia | Turnera | Ocimum |
Opuntia | Bombus rufofasciatus (2) | Ipomoea | Wedelia | Passiflora |
Oryza | Potentilla | Life | Pseudapis oxybeloides (4) | Pentas |
Papaver | Rosa | Luffa | Cleome | Portulaca |
Parasopubia | Braunsapis (25) | Megaskepasma | Cocos | Pseuderanthemum |
Passiflora | Antigonon | Plumbago | Leucas | Rauvolfia |
Poaceae | Asclepias | Poales | Solanum | Salvia |
Poales | Bidens | Portulaca | Pseudoanthidium rotundiventre (1) | Senna |
Polianthes | Biophytum | Sida | Blumea | Sida |
Premna | Caesalpinia | Sonchus | Pseudomegachile (3) | Solanum |
Pterolobium | Cichorioideae | Sphagneticola | Cicer | Stachytarpheta |
Ranunculus | Cocos | Taraxacum | Crotalaria | Tecoma |
Rhododendron | Cucurbitaceae | Tecoma | Medicago | Torenia |
Ricinus | Curculigo | Tridax | Pycnanthidium (1) | Trichosanthes |
Rostellularia | Cyanotis | Turnera | Grewia | Triumfetta |
Rubus | Euphorbia | Zanthoxylum | Rhopalomelissa (4) | Turnera |
Ruellia | Fabaceae | Lipotriches (5) | Ischaemum | Zingiberaceae |
Salix | Glycosmis | Boerhavia | Poaceae | |
Santalum | Grewia | Cleome | Poales | |
Sida | Impatiens | Ischaemum | Sphagneticola | |
Smithia | Jacquemontia | Oryza | Seladonia (9) | |
Solanum | Lantana | Poaceae | Bidens | |
Solidago | Leea | Lipotriches fervida (2) | Croton | |
Spermacoceae | Libidibia | Alternanthera | Eclipta | |
Sphagneticola | Muntingia | Parthenium | Glebionis | |
Stachytarpheta | Nymphaea | Lipotriches fulvinerva (1) | Lactuca | |
Strobilanthes | Oxalis | Sida | Lagascea | |
Tagetes | Portulaca | Lipotriches lonavlaensis (1) | Ocimum | |
Tithonia | Pseuderanthemum | Smithia | Sphagneticola | |
Tribulus | Sida | Lipotriches nanensis (2) | Tridax | |
Tridax | Callomegachile (8) | Poaceae | Sibiricobombus (1) | |
Trifolium | Celosia | Stachytarpheta | Astragalus | |
Tropaeolum | Euphorbia | Lipotriches scutellata (1) | Sphecodes (1) | |
Turnera | Lagerstroemia | Causonis | Antigonon | |
Vachellia | Lawsonia | Lipotriches torrida (1) | Steganomus (2) | |
Zea | Leucas | Poaceae | Medicago | |
Apis dorsata (72) | Millettia | Lithurgus (6) | Tridax | |
Allium | Pogostemon | Abelmoschus | Tetragonula (43) | |
Antigonon | Salvia | Gossypium | Angelonia | |
Arecaceae | Ceratina smaragdula (1) | Hibiscus | Arecaceae | |
Bauhinia | Cleome | Ipomoea | Avicennia | |
Bombax | Ceratina waini (1) | Operculina | Barleria | |
Brassica | Leea | Thespesia | Bauhinia | |
Caesalpinia | Ceratinidia (32) | Maynenomia (1) | Caesalpinia | |
Calliandra | Alnus | Sida | Cajanus | |
Celosia | Antigonon | Megachile (17) | Capsicum | |
Cestrum | Asteraceae | Aegle | Cascabela | |
Chromolaena | Asystasia | Anisomeles | Catharanthus | |
Chrozophora | Bidens | Caesalpinioideae | Celosia | |
Cleome | Boerhavia | Cajanus | Centratherum | |
Clerodendrum | Catharanthus | Calotropis | Citrus | |
Coccinia | Celosia | Clinopodium | Cleome | |
Combretum | Citrus | Coleus | Coleus | |
Commelina | Cocos | Crotalaria | Cucurbitaceae | |
Cosmos | Coleus | Eriophyton | Euphorbia | |
Crescentia | Cosmos | Fabales | Hamelia | |
Crotalarieae | Crotalaria | Lippia | Hibiscus | |
Cucurbitaceae | Cuphea | Mesosphaerum | Hymenocallis | |
Cyanotis | Duranta | Millettia | Ixora | |
Derris | Ixora | Pogostemon | Jatropha | |
Excoecaria | Jacquemontia | Raphanus | Libidibia | |
Getonia | Lantana | Sesamum | Ludwigia | |
Glycosmis | Leea | Vitex | Malpighia | |
Grewia | Leucas | Megachile bicolor (2) | Mammea | |
Guizotia | Luffa | Caesalpinia | Mimosa | |
Hamelia | Plumbago | Millettia | Muntingia | |
Hibiscus | Rotheca | Megachile conjuncta (1) | Neltuma | |
Impatiens | Solidago | Derris | Nyctanthes | |
Ixora | Stachytarpheta | Megachile disjuncta (5) | Nymphaea | |
Jatropha | Synedrella | Caesalpinia | Ocimum | |
Justicia | Tecoma | Cajanus | Portulaca | |
Lantana | Tephrosia | Crotalaria | Rosa | |
Leea | Tridax | Millettia | Syzygium | |
Leucas | Turnera | Tagetes | Tabernaemontana | |
Leucophyllum | Vitex | Megachile lanata (5) | Tagetes | |
Lippia | Zinnia | Cajanus | Thunbergia | |
Luffa | Coelioxys (5) | Crotalaria | Torenia | |
Malachra | Adenium | Leucas | Tridax | |
Mammea | Glycosmis | Mesosphaerum | Turnera | |
Mesosphaerum | Grewia | Millettia | Volkameria | |
Millettia | Murraya | Megachile lerma (1) | Zea | |
Mimosa | Verbena | Crotalarieae | Tetralonia macroceps (2) | |
Murraya | Colletes (1) | Nodula (6) | Argyreia | |
Nerium | Celosia | Alternanthera | Ipomoea | |
Nymphaea | Ctenonomia (31) | Asystasia | Thrinchostoma (1) | |
Ocimum | Antigonon | Calotropis | Begonia | |
Passiflora | Argemone | Coleus | Thyreus (13) | |
Pentas | Brassica | Crotalarieae | Antigonon | |
Pergularia | Brassicaceae | Triumfetta | Coleus | |
Poaceae | Clerodendrum | Nomada (4) | Cosmos | |
Poales | Coccinia | Cirsium | Lantana | |
Pseuderanthemum | Cocos | Cleome | Leea | |
Pterolobium | Colebrookea | Oxalis | Leucas | |
Rosa | Coreopsis | Tecoma | Mesosphaerum | |
Sambucus | Cosmos | Nomada furva (1) | Ocimum | |
Santalum | Curculigo | Alternanthera | Premna | |
Senna | Gaillardia | Nomia (12) | Rotheca | |
Sesamum | Impatiens | Anisomeles | Senegalia | |
Sphagneticola | Ipomoea | Cleome | Sida | |
Stachytarpheta | Leea | Crotalaria | Stachytarpheta | |
Syzygium | Leucas | Derris | Thyreus himalayensis (1) | |
Tecoma | Luffa | Euphorbia | Lippia | |
Tephrosia | Momordica | Grewia | Xanthoceratina (1) | |
Tribulus | Muntingia | Hamelia | Mazus | |
Tridax | Nymphaeaceae | Pseuderanthemum | Xanthosarus (2) | |
Turnera | Oxalis | Salvia | Crotalaria | |
Urena | Passiflora | Scoparia | Sesamum | |
Wrightia | Plumbago | Solanum | ||
Zinnia | Pseuderanthemum | Tradescantia |