Phenology, pollination, and breeding system of the threatened tree Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Fabaceae), and a review of studies on the reproductive biology in the genus

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-130

  Borges, Laís Angélica ^a   Sobrinho, Mellissa Sousa ^a   Lopes, Ariadna Valentina ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Atlantic forest; Brazilwood; Caesalpinia s.l.; Conservation biology; Late acting self incompatibility; Reproductive biology

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; LEGUME; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO; SOUTH AMERICA; TAPACURA ECOLOGICAL STATION;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA ECHINATA; CENTRIS; FABACEAE; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 58949092630     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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