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Helianthus

Common names: sunflower

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Asterales > Asteraceae

Roles: livestock, study subject

ITIS TSN: 36611

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 48 | Mentions: 60

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Publications (48)

article

Depth of nutrient uptake by deep-rooted plants is regulated by water availability

2026PNASRole: text_match

student_paper

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2025Role: text_match

article

Up high, hot and dry: Individual reproductive output in subalpine bees declines with increasing drought severity

2025Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

2024Role: study subject

article

Demographic responses of hybridizing cinquefoils to changing climate in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2023Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Pollinator and habitat-mediated selection as potential contributors to ecological speciation in two closely related species

2023Evolution LettersRole: text_match

thesis

Documents (4)

technical report

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Asteraceae

Asteraceae32 shared papers

Ipomopsis

Polemoniaceae28 shared papers

I. aggregata

26 shared papers

Bombus

Apidae23 shared papers

Hummingbird

23 shared papers

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae23 shared papers

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae20 shared papers

Arabidopsis

18 shared papers

Rushes

18 shared papers

Helianthus annuus

Asteraceae17 shared papers

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

2023Role: text_match

article

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

article

The Boechera model system for evolutionary ecology

2022American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

2022Role: text_match

article

Can flowers affect land surface albedo and soil microclimates?

2021International Journal of BiometeorologyRole: text_match

article

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

2021OecologiaRole: text_match

thesis

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

2021Role: text_match

student_paper

The spatial variation of leaf traits in Ipomopsis according to soil moisture and snow depth

2021Role: text_match

article

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

2021OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Resource availability alters fitness trade-offs: implications for evolution in stressful environments

2020American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells Mertensia spp., Boranginaceae

2019Role: text_match

article

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

2018Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

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

2018Role: text_match

article

Spatial patterns and climate relationships of major plant traits in the New World differ between woody and herbaceous species

2018Journal of BiogeographyRole: text_match

article

Identifying targets and agents of selection: Innovative methods to evaluate the processes that contribute to local adaptation

2017Method in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Integrating viability and fecundity selection to illuminate the adaptive nature of genetic clines

2017Evolution LettersRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2017Role: text_match

thesis

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

2017Role: text_match

article

The effect of repeated, lethal sampling on wild bee abundance and diversity

2015Methods in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2014Role: text_match

thesis

Roles of pollinators, seed predators, and vertebrate herbivores in maintaining females in the gynodioecious Polemonium foliosissimum.

2014Role: text_match

article

Strong selection genome-wide enhances fitness tradeoffs across environments and episodes of selection

2014EvolutionRole: text_match

article

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

student_paper

Genetic and environmental variation in leaf traits and physiology of Ipomopsis

2012Role: text_match

article

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

article

When resources don't rescue: flowering phenology and species interactions affect compensation to herbivory in Ipomopsis aggregata

2012OikosRole: text_match

article

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

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows

2011Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

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

2010Amer J of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Photosynthetic and growth responses of reciprocal hybrids to variation in water and nitrogen availability

2010American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: text_match

article

Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions

2009Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Genetic and morphological patterns show variation in frequency of hybrids between Ipomopsis (Polemoneaceae) zones of sympatry

2009HeredityRole: text_match

student_paper

Water-use efficiency may influence the distribution of Ipomopsis aggregata, I. tenuituba, and their natural hybrids along an environmental gradient

2009Role: text_match

article

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

2008OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Pollinator shifts and the origin and loss of plant species

2008Annals of the Missouri Botanical GardenRole: text_match

article

Leaf physiology reflects environmental differences and cytoplasmic background in Ipomopsis hybrids

2007American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Ecophysiology of first and second generation hybrids in a natural plant hybrid zone

2005OecologiaRole: text_match

article

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

2004OikosRole: text_match

article

Reproductive isolation and hybrid pollen disadvantage in Ipomopsis

2003Journal of Evolutionary BiologyRole: text_match

article

Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

2002American NaturalistRole: text_match

Helianthus

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 80 entities)

Publications (48)

Depth of nutrient uptake by deep-rooted plants is regulated by water availability

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

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

Up high, hot and dry: Individual reproductive output in subalpine bees declines with increasing drought severity

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

Demographic responses of hybridizing cinquefoils to changing climate in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Pollinator and habitat-mediated selection as potential contributors to ecological speciation in two closely related species

Documents (4)

1980

Colorado Ranch Management School (Part 5)

Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project Environmental Statement

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Asteraceae

Ipomopsis

I. aggregata

Bombus

Hummingbird

Ipomopsis aggregata

Ligusticum porteri

Arabidopsis

Rushes

Helianthus annuus

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

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

The Boechera model system for evolutionary ecology

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

Can flowers affect land surface albedo and soil microclimates?

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

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

The spatial variation of leaf traits in <i> Ipomopsis </i> according to soil moisture and snow depth

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

Resource availability alters fitness trade-offs: implications for evolution in stressful environments

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells <i>Mertensia</i> spp., Boranginaceae

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

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

Spatial patterns and climate relationships of major plant traits in the New World differ between woody and herbaceous species

Identifying targets and agents of selection: Innovative methods to evaluate the processes that contribute to local adaptation

Integrating viability and fecundity selection to illuminate the adaptive nature of genetic clines

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

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

The effect of repeated, lethal sampling on wild bee abundance and diversity

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

Roles of pollinators, seed predators, and vertebrate herbivores in maintaining females in the gynodioecious <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i>.

Strong selection genome-wide enhances fitness tradeoffs across environments and episodes of selection

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

Genetic and environmental variation in leaf traits and physiology of <i>Ipomopsis</i>

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

When resources don't rescue: flowering phenology and species interactions affect compensation to herbivory in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

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

An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows

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

Photosynthetic and growth responses of reciprocal hybrids to variation in water and nitrogen availability

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions

Genetic and morphological patterns show variation in frequency of hybrids between <i>Ipomopsis</i> (Polemoneaceae) zones of sympatry

Water-use efficiency may influence the distribution of <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>, <i>I. tenuituba</i>, and their natural hybrids along an environmental gradient

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

Pollinator shifts and the origin and loss of plant species

Leaf physiology reflects environmental differences and cytoplasmic background in <i>Ipomopsis</i> hybrids

Ecophysiology of first and second generation hybrids in a natural plant hybrid zone

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

Reproductive isolation and hybrid pollen disadvantage in <i>Ipomopsis</i>

Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior