Data from: What pollinates Lantana camara in the mountains of Costa Rica?

Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae) is a shrub of Neotropical origin that has spread to at least 60 countries (Day et al. 2003), and its ability to rapidly occupy disturbed habitat has led to it being named one of the ten worst weeds on the planet (Cronk & Fuller 1995, Sharma et al. 2005). A number of traits may have contributed to its success as an invasive species. For example, L. camara increases the available soil nitrogen in otherwise nitrogen-poor ecosystems (Sharma & Raghubanshi 2009), it is extremely resilient to disturbance (Gentle & Guggin 1997a, Hiremath & Sundram 2005), it is allelopathic to native plants (Achhireddy & Singh 1984, Gentle & Duggin 1997b) and its fruits are dispersed by a variety of birds (Mandon-Dalger et al. 2004, Swarbrick et al. 1998). A potentially unappreciated aspect of L. camara biology that may also contribute to its invasiveness relates to pollination ecology.

马缨丹（Lantana camara L.，马鞭草科（Verbenaceae））为原产于新热带区的灌木，目前已扩散至至少60个国家（Day等，2003）；其可快速占据受干扰生境的能力，使其被列为全球十大恶性杂草之一（Cronk & Fuller，1995；Sharma等，2005）。诸多性状共同促成了其作为入侵物种的成功定植：例如，马缨丹可在原本氮素匮乏的生态系统中提升土壤有效氮含量（Sharma & Raghubanshi，2009），对干扰具有极强的耐受性（Gentle & Guggin，1997a；Hiremath & Sundram，2005），对本土植物具有化感作用（Achhireddy & Singh，1984；Gentle & Duggin，1997b），且其果实可通过多种鸟类进行传播（Mandon-Dalger等，2004；Swarbrick等，1998）。而马缨丹生物学特性中一个尚未被充分认知的方面，或同样有助于其入侵性，该方面与其传粉生态学相关。