List of Trees from Venezuela, in order of preference.

What you feed, where you get it from, basically we will build up a comrehensive list of suitable plants to feed Leaf Cutters. Also in temperate countries, what do you feed them in the Winter?
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List of Trees from Venezuela, in order of preference.

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:44 pm

Below is a list of 43 species of tree and shrub, taken from the paper
Increased Herbivory in Forest Isolates: Implications
for Plant Community Structure and Composition
MADHU RAO, JOHN TERBORGH, AND PERCY NUÑEZ
in order of preference. Posting here as a reference. No common names unfortunately.


Table 1. Plant species rankings for 43 species derived from the selectivity experiment conducted to establish preference categories.*

Apeiba schomburgkii Tiliaceae
Centrolobium paraense Leguminosae
Randia armata Rubiaceae
Alseis lobatioides Rubiaceae
Bauhinia aculeata Leguminosae
Pradosia caracasana Sapotaceae
Peltogyne floribunda Leguminosae
Tabebuia serratifolia Bignoniaceae
Lepidocordia punctata Boraginaceae
Casearia spinescens Flacourtiaceae
Bunchosia mollis Malphigiaceae
Actinostemon schomburgkiana Euphorbiaceae
Casearia decandra Flacourtiaceae
Melicoccus bijugatus Sapindaceae
Acalypha cuspidata Euphorbiaceae
Talisia heterodoxa Sapindaceae
Lonchocarpus sericeus Leguminosae
Coccoloba fallax Polygonaceae
Machaerium acuminatum Leguminosae
Perama hirsuta Rubiaceae
Boureria cumanensis Apocynaceae
Coccoloba striata Polygonaceae
Casearia ulmifolia Flacourtiaceae
Luehea speciosa Tiliaceae
Pouteria leucentifolium Sapotaceae
Trichilia lepidota Meliaceae
Picramnia pentandra Simaroubiaceae
Protium neglectum Burseraceae
Brownea coccinea Leguminosae
Fissycalyx fendleri Leguminosae
Ocotea glomerata Lauraceae
Citharexylum espinosum Verbenaceae
Rhinorea riana Violaceae
Erythroxylon habanense Erythroxylaceae
Capparis amplisema Capparidaceae
Calliandra laxa Leguminosae
Myrcia lucida Myrtaceae
Guatteria schomburgkiana Annonaceae
Neea bracteosa Nyctaginaceae
Hymenaea courbaril Leguminosae
Copaifera pubiflora Leguminosae
Ilex guianensis Aquifoliaceae
Eugenia ligustrina Myrtaceae

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