Clonal growth and dispersal potential of Leiothrix flagellaris Ruhland (Eriocaulaceae) in the rocky grasslands of Southeastern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Botanica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 679-686

  Figueira, José Eugênio Côrtes ^a   Del Sarto, Mário César Laboissiere ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canopy development; Clonal reproduction; Demography; Dispersal; Pseudovivipary

Indexed keywords

ERIOCAULACEAE; LEIOTHRIX;

EID: 40549110627     PISSN: 01008404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-84042007000400012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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