Germination response of two species of Vellozia (Velloziaceae) from the "campos rupestres" of Minas Gerais, Brazil;Resposta germinativa de duas espécies de Vellozia (Velloziaceae) dos campos rupestres de Minas Gerais, Brasil

Acta Botanica Brasilica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 451-456

  Garcia, Queila De Souza ^a   Jacobi, Claudia Maria ^a   Ribeiro, Beatriz De Aquino ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Campos rupestres; Photoblastism; Temperature; Vellozia epidendroides; Vellozia leptopetala

Indexed keywords

VELLOZIA; VELLOZIACEAE;

EID: 34548701372     PISSN: 01023306     EISSN: 1677941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-33062007000200018     Document Type: Article

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