Reproductive phenology, seed germination and ex situ conservation of Pseudananas sagenarius in a semi-deciduous tropical forest fragment

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 214-220

  De Castro Vieira, Bárbara ^a   De Oliveira E Silveira, Fernando Augusto ^a,b  

^a Ciências e Letras do Alto São Francisco 35595 000   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fruiting; Photoblastism; Seed dispersal; Seed storage; Seedling bank

Indexed keywords

BROMELIACEAE; PSEUDANANAS SAGENARIUS;

EID: 77956168538     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2010.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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