Dioecy in the Cerrado vegetation of Central Brazil

Flora

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-243

  Oliveira, Paulo Eugenio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

breeding system; dioecy; plant reproduction; Pollination; savanna

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MYRSINE FLORIDANA; RAPANEA; MYRSINACEAE; RAPANEA GUIANENSIS;

CERRADAO; CERRADO; DIOECY; POLLINATION; WOODLAND;

BRAZIL, CERRADO;

EID: 0030425545     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30718-1     Document Type: Article

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