Biological records of potentially host plants of mexican wild bees identified from iNaturalist

Juan M Barrios; Carlos Andres Cultid-Medina; Jorge Mérida; Paola Andrea González-Vanegas; Brenda Yudith Bedolla García; Daniel Madrigal González

doi:10.15468/m4r9h2

Biological records of potentially host plants of mexican wild bees identified from iNaturalist

Citation

Barrios J M, Cultid-Medina C A, Mérida J, González-Vanegas P A, Bedolla García B Y, Madrigal González D (2023). Biological records of potentially host plants of mexican wild bees identified from iNaturalist. Version 1.23. Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/m4r9h2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-25.

Description

Biological records of potential host plants of Mexican wild bees identified from Naturalista (Mexican iNaturalist Node) observations. This is an interinstitutional effort that was carried out for the taxonomic curation and mobilization of plant observations compiled in the project “Xicotli Data: Native Bees and their Flowers”. Plant observations were obtained from bee photographs available in Naturalista. (https://www.naturalista.mx/projects/xicotli-data-abejas-mexicanas-y-sus-flores). The project and the resultant dataset of biological records of plants seek to maximize the use of the observations in Naturalista. Thus, it is expected to contribute to the documentation of native plant-bee interactions. This dataset is made up of a metadata and three tables: 1) occurrences; 2) ecomorphological attributes (see details here), and 3) type of interaction bee – plant (see details here). Taxonomic determination of plants from photographs is a great challenge. However, the plant taxonomists carried out the curation by mean of their expert knowledge and by consulting specialized literature (i.e., taxonomic descriptions and catalogues). They also compared the plants from the photograph with specimens of two Mexican herbaria: IEB-“Graciela Calderón and Jerzy Rzedowski ” (http://inecolbajio.com/index.php#) and MEXU-UNAM (http://www.ib.unam.mx/botanica/herbario/), applying a very conservative protocol that guarantees the greatest possible veracity of the taxonomic determinations. This dataset was generated within the framework of the project “Integration of biodiversity data of wild bee-plant interactions in Mexico” (https://www.gbif.org/es/project/BID-CA2020-021-NAC/integration-of-biodiversity-data-of-wild-bee-plant-interactions-in-mexico). The original Naturalista data can be consulted on the following resources: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/download/0194949-230224095556074 and https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7892227

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Asphodelaceae
rank: family
Rosaceae
rank: family
Euphorbiaceae
rank: family
Onagraceae
rank: family
Asteraceae
rank: family
Solanaceae
rank: family
Lamiaceae
rank: family
Passifloraceae
rank: family
Moringaceae
rank: family
Brassicaceae
rank: family
Oxalidaceae
rank: family
Verbenaceae
rank: family
Lythraceae
rank: family
Namaceae
rank: family
Pontederiaceae
rank: family
Rutaceae
rank: family
Cactaceae
rank: family
Fabaceae
rank: family
Acanthaceae
rank: family
Araceae
rank: family
Musaceae
rank: family
Crassulaceae
rank: family
Polygonaceae
rank: family
Scrophulariaceae
rank: family
Amaryllidaceae
rank: family
Iridaceae
rank: family
Nyctaginaceae
rank: family
Cucurbitaceae
rank: family
Bixaceae
rank: family
Bignoniaceae
rank: family
Malvaceae
rank: family
Begoniaceae
rank: family
Rubiaceae
rank: family
Convolvulaceae
rank: family
Apiaceae
rank: family
Polemoniaceae
rank: family
Poaceae
rank: family
Apocynaceae
rank: family
Cannaceae
rank: family
Plantaginaceae
rank: family
Ericaceae
rank: family
Polygalaceae
rank: family
Sapindaceae
rank: family
Malpighiaceae
rank: family
Portulacaceae
rank: family
Aizoaceae
rank: family
Phytolaccaceae
rank: family
Hydrophyllaceae
rank: family
Plumbaginaceae
rank: family
Meliaceae
rank: family
Tropaeolaceae
rank: family
Papaveraceae
rank: family
Balsaminaceae
rank: family
Commelinaceae
rank: family
Asparagaceae
rank: family
Myrtaceae
rank: family
Strelitziaceae
rank: family
Orchidaceae
rank: family
Zygophyllaceae
rank: family
Gesneriaceae
rank: family
Cordiaceae
rank: family
Campanulaceae
rank: family
Amaranthaceae
rank: family
Heliconiaceae
rank: family
Boraginaceae
rank: family
Melastomataceae
rank: family
Nymphaeaceae
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Mexico

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Juan M Barrios
originator
position: Investigador
CONABIO
Liga Periférico - Insurgentes Sur 4903 Parques del Pedregal
Tlalpan
14010
CDMX
MX
email: jbarrios@conabio.gob.mx

Carlos Andres Cultid-Medina
originator
position: Investigador
CONACYT-INECOL. Centro Regional del Bajío
Lazaro Cárdenas 253, Col. Centro
Pátzcuaro
61608
Michoacán
MX
email: carlos.cultid@inecol.mx
homepage: https://bpnlab.wordpress.com/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4929-8405

Jorge Mérida
originator
position: Estudiante de doctorado, curador de la Colección de Abejas Ecosur (ECOAB)
ECOSUR
Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur S/N, Barrio de María Auxiliadora
San Cristobal de las Casas
29290
Chiapas
MX
email: jorgejoalmer@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0833-4801

Paola Andrea González-Vanegas
originator
position: Profesional en entomología
CONABIO
MX
email: pagvanegas@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8807-8640

Brenda Yudith Bedolla García
originator
position: Técnico titular
INECOL. Centro Regional del Bajío
Lazaro Cárdenas 253, Col. Centro
Pátzcuaro
61608
Michoacán
MX
email: brenda.bedolla@inecol.mx
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1560-1090

Daniel Madrigal González
originator
position: Tecnico
CONABIO
MX
email: dan06245@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9368-2319

Juan M Barrios
metadata author
position: Investigador
CONABIO
Liga Periférico - Insurgentes Sur 4903 Parques del Pedregal
Tlalpan
14010
CDMX
MX
email: jbarrios@conabio.gob.mx

Pilar Rodríguez
reviewer
position: Investigadora
CONABIO
MX
email: mercedesdelpilar.rodriguez@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3198-5941

Juan Carlos López-Enriquez
programmer
position: Desarrollador
CONABIO
MX
email: jlopez@conabio.gob.mx

Juan M Barrios
administrative point of contact
position: Investigador
CONABIO
Liga Periférico - Insurgentes Sur 4903 Parques del Pedregal
Tlalpan
14010
CDMX
MX
email: jbarrios@conabio.gob.mx

Raúl Sierra-Alcocer
administrative point of contact
position: Coordinador de Ecoinformática
CONABIO
Liga Periférico - Insurgentes Sur 4903 Parques del Pedregal
Tlalpan
14010
CDMX
MX
email: raul.sierra@conabio.gob.mx
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6686-2266

Carlos Andres Cultid-Medina
administrative point of contact
position: Investigador
CONACYT-INECOL. Centro Regional del Bajío
Lazaro Cárdenas 253, Col. Centro
Pátzcuaro
61608
Michoacán
MX
email: carlos.cultid@inecol.mx
homepage: https://bpnlab.wordpress.com/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4929-8405

Brenda Yudith Bedolla García
administrative point of contact
position: Técnico titular
INECOL. Centro Regional del Bajío
Lazaro Cárdenas 253, Col. Centro
Pátzcuaro
61608
Michoacán
MX
email: brenda.bedolla@inecol.mx
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1560-1090