Turkish Journal of Biodiversity Turk J Biod, March 2021, 4(1): 36-52 https://doi.org/10.38059/biodiversity.814617 Journal homepage: http://turkbiod.artvin.edu.tr/ e-ISSN:2667-4386 http://dergipark.org.tr/biodiversity REVIEW ARTICLE Open Access A review for the pollinators of Papilionaceous flowers Kelebek şeklinde çiçek açan çiçeklerin tozlayıcıları için bir inceleme Deniz AYGÖREN ULUER Ahi Evran University, Çiçekdağı Vocational College, Department of Plant and Animal Production, 40700, Çiçekdağı, Kırşehir, Turkey Article Info ©2021 Ali Nihat Gökyiğit Botanical ABSTRACT Garden Application and Research The evolution of keel flowers within Fabaceae, Polygalaceae and some other clades of angiosperms is Center of Artvin Coruh University. attributed to skilled and strong bees. However, whether this is true or not, is still an open question. Therefore, the literature is surveyed for the Hymenopteran pollinators of keel flowers, for 119 sources Corresponding author and for 112 species, six genera and two tribes for five characters which are the size of the flowers, e-mail:
[email protected] Hymenopteran flower visitors/pollinators, size of the Hymenopteran pollinators, pollen and nectar ORCID: 0000-0002-2095-3816 robbers/thieves and size of the Hymenopteran thieves/robbers. The results suggest that Fabales keel Article history flowers are mainly pollinated by long-tongued bees, from Apidae and Megachilidae families; and the Received: October 22, 2020 most common pollinators of the keel flowers are small Megachile and Osmia; medium-sized Apis, Received in revised form: March 29, 2021 Anthophora and Eucera; and large Xylocopa, Bombus and Centris. While the literature suggests that Accepted: March 30, 2021 keel flowers are pollinated by skilled and strong bees, the results of the current review have shown Available online: March 31, 2021 that this is not the whole case in terms of flower size and bee size.