Fertility of Vriesea gigantea Gaud. (Bromeliaceae) in southern Brazil

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 683-689

  Paggi, Gecele M ^a   Palma Silva, Clarisse ^a   Silveira, Lucas C T ^a   Kaltchuk Santos, Eliane ^a   Bodanese Zanettini, Maria H ^a   Bered, Fernanda ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; Flower production; Fruit set; Itapu State Park; Pollen limitation; Seed viability; Self compatibility

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; EPIPHYTE; FERTILITY; FLOWERING; FRUIT PRODUCTION; FRUIT SET; GERMINATION; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

BRAZIL; ITAPUA STATE PARK; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

BROMELIACEAE; VRIESEA;

EID: 34250780064     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.4.683     Document Type: Article

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