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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

  1. Asphodelaceae
    rank: family
  2. Rosaceae
    rank: family
  3. Euphorbiaceae
    rank: family
  4. Onagraceae
    rank: family
  5. Asteraceae
    rank: family
  6. Solanaceae
    rank: family
  7. Lamiaceae
    rank: family
  8. Passifloraceae
    rank: family
  9. Moringaceae
    rank: family
  10. Brassicaceae
    rank: family
  11. Oxalidaceae
    rank: family
  12. Verbenaceae
    rank: family
  13. Lythraceae
    rank: family
  14. Namaceae
    rank: family
  15. Pontederiaceae
    rank: family
  16. Rutaceae
    rank: family
  17. Cactaceae
    rank: family
  18. Fabaceae
    rank: family
  19. Acanthaceae
    rank: family
  20. Araceae
    rank: family
  21. Musaceae
    rank: family
  22. Crassulaceae
    rank: family
  23. Polygonaceae
    rank: family
  24. Scrophulariaceae
    rank: family
  25. Amaryllidaceae
    rank: family
  26. Iridaceae
    rank: family
  27. Nyctaginaceae
    rank: family
  28. Cucurbitaceae
    rank: family
  29. Bixaceae
    rank: family
  30. Bignoniaceae
    rank: family
  31. Malvaceae
    rank: family
  32. Begoniaceae
    rank: family
  33. Rubiaceae
    rank: family
  34. Convolvulaceae
    rank: family
  35. Apiaceae
    rank: family
  36. Polemoniaceae
    rank: family
  37. Poaceae
    rank: family
  38. Apocynaceae
    rank: family
  39. Cannaceae
    rank: family
  40. Plantaginaceae
    rank: family
  41. Ericaceae
    rank: family
  42. Polygalaceae
    rank: family
  43. Sapindaceae
    rank: family
  44. Malpighiaceae
    rank: family
  45. Portulacaceae
    rank: family
  46. Aizoaceae
    rank: family
  47. Phytolaccaceae
    rank: family
  48. Hydrophyllaceae
    rank: family
  49. Plumbaginaceae
    rank: family
  50. Meliaceae
    rank: family
  51. Tropaeolaceae
    rank: family
  52. Papaveraceae
    rank: family
  53. Balsaminaceae
    rank: family
  54. Commelinaceae
    rank: family
  55. Asparagaceae
    rank: family
  56. Myrtaceae
    rank: family
  57. Strelitziaceae
    rank: family
  58. Orchidaceae
    rank: family
  59. Zygophyllaceae
    rank: family
  60. Gesneriaceae
    rank: family
  61. Cordiaceae
    rank: family
  62. Campanulaceae
    rank: family
  63. Amaranthaceae
    rank: family
  64. Heliconiaceae
    rank: family
  65. Boraginaceae
    rank: family
  66. Melastomataceae
    rank: family
  67. 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
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