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Helianthus annuus (sunflower) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Helianthus annuus

Common names: sunflower, sunflowers

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Asterales > Asteraceae

Roles: study subject, managed species, pollen source

ITIS TSN: 36616

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 16 | Mentions: 21

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Knowledge graph centered on Helianthus annuus with 75 nodes and 237 connections. Top connected: Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution contr, Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri.

Publications (16)

Temperature and relative humidity effects on nectar quantity, nectar quality, and plant-pollinator interactions

2025Role: text_match

Legume germination is delayed in dry soils and in sterile soils devoid of microbial mutualists: Species-specific implications for upward range expansions

2022Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

Plant–pollinator interaction niche broadens in response to severe drought perturbations

2021OecologiaRole: text_match

Understanding pollen specialization in mason bees: a case study of six species

2021OecologiaRole: text_match

Clines in traits compared over two decades in a plant hybrid zone

2018Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

2018Role: pollen source

Neighborhood Influence on Plant Interactions with Seed-Eating Flies and Pollinating Bees

2017Role: text_match

Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Environmental Change: Effects of Experimental Changes in Phenology and Water Availability on a Montane Wildflower

Documents (4)

technical report

1980

technical report

AG Update Special Inventory Report Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Chickens with 1996 Annual Crop Summary Special Issue

technical report

Survey results for End of Season Production Reports Field Crops Fruit Crops Vegetable Crops and Livestock Inventory Reports Cattle and Calves Sheep and Lambs Hogs and Pigs All Chickenes

technical report

Survey results for End of Season Production Reports Field Crops Fruit Crops Vegetable Crops and Livestock Inventory Reports Cattle and Calves Sheep and Lambs Hogs and Pigs All Chickenes

Co-occurring Species

Helianthus

Asteraceae17 shared papers

Bombus

Apidae12 shared papers

Asteraceae

Asteraceae10 shared papers

Bombus terrestris

Apidae9 shared papers

Bombus impatiens

Apidae9 shared papers

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae9 shared papers

Rushes

8 shared papers

Ipomopsis

Polemoniaceae8 shared papers

Hummingbird

8 shared papers

I. aggregata

8 shared papers

2017Role: text_match

Associational effects of E. speciosus and E. elatior on their pollinators and seed predators.

2014Role: text_match

Flowering date of taxonomic families predicts phenological sensitivity to temperature: Implications for forecasting the effects of climate change on unstudied taxa

2013American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution contribute to advancing flowering phenology in response to climate change

2012Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

Activity and abundance of bumble bees near Crested Butte, CO: diel, seasonal, and elevation effects

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

Consequences of variation in flowering time within and among individuals of <i>Mertensia fusiformis</i> (Boraginaceae), an early spring wildflower

2010Amer J of BotanyRole: text_match

Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions

2009Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

Interactions between nectar robbers and seed predators mediated by a shared host plant, <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2008OecologiaRole: text_match

Direct and indirect effects of pollinators and seed predators to selection on plant and floral traits

2004OikosRole: text_match