Seasonal timing of pseudoviviparous reproduction of Leiothrix (Eriocaulaceae) rupestrian species in South-eastern Brazil

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1189-1195

  Coelho, Flávia F ^a   Capelo, Christina ^a   Neves, Ana Carolina O ^a   Martins, Rogério P ^a   Figueira, José Eugênio C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leiothrix spiralis; Leiothrix vivipara; Pseudovivipary; Reproductive strategies; Rupestrian grasslands; Serra do Cip ; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; MONOCOTYLEDON; RAMET; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIVIPARITY; WATER UPTAKE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ERIOCAULACEAE; FLOWER; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SOIL;

BRAZIL; ERIOCAULACEAE; FLOWERS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SOIL; WATER;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ERIOCAULACEAE; LEIOTHRIX;

EID: 33845243719     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl214     Document Type: Article

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