Flora of meliponicultural interest in a fragment of Atlantic Forest on the north coast of Bahia, Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.33447/paubrasilia.2021.e0078Keywords:
angiosperms, melitophilous flora, Meliponine, floral resourceAbstract
The present study had as main objective to know the trophic resources, flowering and floral visitors around a meliponary, located in an Atlantic Forest fragment on the north coast of Bahia, Brazil. Angiosperms occurring in the area were marked, photographed, collected, herborized, identified and deposited in the HUNEB herbarium. Eighty species were identified, belonging to 69 genera and 31 families, with Asteraceae / Fabaceae (11) and Rubiaceae (8) being the most representative in number of species. Among them, 30 (37.5%) had their flowers visited by meliponines and presented flowers throughout the study period: Borreria verticillata (L.) G.Mey., Conocliniopsis prasiifolia (DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob., Commelina erecta L., Mimosa pudica L., Richardia grandiflora (Cham. & Schltdl.) Steud. and Turnera subulata Sm. Herbaceous vegetation was the most representative (53.33%), and nectar represented 56.67% of the trophic resource available to these bees, contributing to the knowledge of bee pasture for the bee guild in the study area.
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