Pollination of two species of Vellozia (Velloziaceae) from high-altitude quartzitic grasslands, Brazil

Acta Botanica Brasilica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 325-333

  Jacobi, Claudia Maria ^a   Del Sarto, Mário César Laboissiérè ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Geitonogamy; Pollen limitation; Rocky grasslands; Self incompatibility; Serra do Cip

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MEGACHILE; VELLOZIA; VELLOZIACEAE;

EID: 34548668102     PISSN: 01023306     EISSN: 1677941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-33062007000200007     Document Type: Article

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