Floral-oil-producing Plantaginaceae species: geographical distribution, pollinator rewards and interactions with oil-collecting bees

Martins, Aline C.; Alves-dos-Santos, Isabel

doi:10.1590/s1676-06032013000400008

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“…In fact, species of C. (Wagenknechtia) are specially adapted to flowers of Monttea (Plantaginaceae) and of Calceolaria (Calceolariaceae), while C . hyptidis and its relatives are known to visit mainly flowers of Angelonia (Plantaginaceae) and Krameria (Krameriaceae) (Martins & Alves‐dos‐Santos ).…”

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The New World oil‐collecting bees Centris and Epicharis (Hymenoptera, Apidae): molecular phylogeny and biogeographic history

Martins

Melo

2015

Zoologica Scripta

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Martins A.C., Melo G. A.R. (2016). The New World oil-collecting bees Centris and Epicharis (Hymenoptera, Apidae): molecular phylogeny and biogeographic history. -Zoologica Scripta, 45, 22-33. We present a first comprehensive time-calibrated phylogeny for two Neotropical genera of bees, Centris and Epicharis, whose females collect floral oil together with pollen for larval provisioning, and that traditionally have been grouped in the tribe Centridini. Our analyses rely on a matrix of 167 taxa and 4228 aligned nucleotides for the subfamily Apinae, with denser sample of Centris and Epicharis. Centris and Epicharis are strongly supported monophyletic groups, but Centridini is paraphyletic in relation to the corbiculate bees. The inner phylogenetic relationships of Epicharis agree with the current taxonomic classification. In Centris, three main clades were recovered, namely the Centris, Trachina and Melacentris groups. Inner relationships in Centris suggest the reinstatement of some subgenera and proposition of new ones. Early diversification of Centris and Epicharis took place at the tropical regions of South America. Epicharis and the Melacentris group in Centris mostly diversified in that region, expanding over Central America and tropical North America only recently in the last 3 My. The groups Trachina and Centris present a complex biogeographic history, with expansions to the Nearctic region, the Antilles, and temperate regions of South America in the late Oligocene and Miocene.

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The New World oil‐collecting bees Centris and Epicharis (Hymenoptera, Apidae): molecular phylogeny and biogeographic history

Martins

Melo

2015

Zoologica Scripta

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“…Lanthanomelissa ’s sister lineages, i.e. lineages of Chalepogenus and Arhysoceble , would have exploited other plants for oils, as demonstrated by time of origin we estimated, current preference for oil hosts (Cocucci 1991; Renner and Schaefer 2010; Martins and Alves-dos-Santos 2013), and estimated origin of oil producing Solanaceae and Plantaginaceae (Martins et al 2014; Martins et al 2015). The relationship of the lineage Arhysoceble - Lanthanomelissa with floral oil families is intimately associated to the expansion of open vegetation areas in South America (Aguiar et al in prep).…”

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Systematics of the oil bee genusLanthanomelissaand its implications to the biogeography of southern grasslands

Ribeiro

Martins

Silva

et al. 2020

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Lanthanomelissa is a controversial taxonomic group of bees that was treated as subgenus of Chalepogenus or an independent genus. All of its species are endemic to the south-eastern grasslands of South America, an endangered and still poorly known environment. We aimed to understand the origin of this group of bees in time and space as well as the influence of Quaternary climatic fluctuations on its current distribution and possible link to the history of the Southern Grasslands. We inferred phylogenetic relationships of Lanthanomelissa species using 37 terminals and 3430 nucleotides of three mitochondrial and two nuclear markers and estimated divergence times and ancestral geographic range. We performed an ensemble with the algorithms SVM, Maxent, and Random Forest in a dataset of 192 georeferenced occurrence points using 19 WorldClim bioclimatic variables to analyse species distribution during the current and two past climatic scenarios (LIG, ∼120 kya and LGM, ∼21 kya). The results support the monophyly of the genus and taxonomic changes including the species Lanthanomelissa parva n. comb. on Lanthanomelissa, and the treatment of the goeldianus group of Chalepogenus as the genus Lanthanella. The genus originated at the Oligocene-Miocene border in the Chacoan-Pampean region, and the glacial-interglacial models indicated expansion in Last Glacial Maximum and retraction in Last Interglacial. Expansion and retraction of Lanthanomelissa distribution in the last glacial-interglacial indicated grasslands distributional shifts during periods of climate cooling and warming. The diversification of Lanthanomelissa supported the estimated expansion of southern grasslands in South America concurrently with the origin of Cerrado during the late Miocene. Their origin was approximately synchronized with their exclusive floral host, Sisyrinchium (Iridaceae).

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“…Key words: Plantago, total polyphenols, flavonoids, enzymes Plantaginaceae s. l. is a widespread family that comprises about 90 genera and 1900 species mainly distributed in temperate regions [1]. Plumbaginaceae constitute a well-represented cosmopolitan family in the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere and showing preferences for arid or saline, often coastal, environments [2].…”

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Enzymatic Activity and Non-enzymatic Antioxidants Content in Several Plantago Species (from Valea Ilenei Nature Reserve), During Different Phenophases

Grigore¹,

Ivan²,

Verdes³

et al. 2017

Rev. Chim.

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Traditional use of Plantago species as herbal remedies is based on their anti-toxic, antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, anthelmintic, diuretic properties. Plantain species are widely used as alternative therapeutic tools for the prevention or treatment of many diseases. The aim of this study is to evaluate the enzymatic activity (superoxide dismutase and peroxidase) and non-enzymatic antioxidants (total polyphenols and flavonoids) of three Plantago species (P. lanceolata L., P. media L. and P. schwarzenbergiana Schur) collected in different phenophases from Valea Ilenei (Iasi, Romania) nature reserve.

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Floral-oil-producing Plantaginaceae species: geographical distribution, pollinator rewards and interactions with oil-collecting bees

Cited by 10 publications

References 34 publications

The New World oil‐collecting bees Centris and Epicharis (Hymenoptera, Apidae): molecular phylogeny and biogeographic history

The New World oil‐collecting bees Centris and Epicharis (Hymenoptera, Apidae): molecular phylogeny and biogeographic history

Systematics of the oil bee genusLanthanomelissaand its implications to the biogeography of southern grasslands

Enzymatic Activity and Non-enzymatic Antioxidants Content in Several Plantago Species (from Valea Ilenei Nature Reserve), During Different Phenophases

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