Pollination biology of the exotic rattleweed Crotalaria retusa L. (Fabaceae) in NE Brazil

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 357-363

  Jacobi, Claudia M ^a   Ramalho, Mauro ^b   Silva, Maise ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crotalaria; Exotic weed; Floral biology; Flower constancy; Rattleweed; Xylocopa

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

APOIDEA; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA LANCEOLATA; CROTALARIA PALLIDA; CROTALARIA RETUSA; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; XYLOCOPA (GENUS); XYLOCOPA FRONTALIS;

EID: 28444465527     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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