Reproductive system and fitness of Vriesea friburgensis, a self-sterile bromeliad species

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 169-176

  Paggi, Gecele Matos ^a,c   Da Silveira, Lucas Caetano Tieppo ^b   Zanella, Camila Martini ^c   Bruxel, Manuela ^c   Bered, Fernanda ^c   Kaltchuk Santos, Eliane ^c   Palma Silva, Clarisse ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Atlantic rainforest; Bromeliaceae; Fruit set; Late acting self incompatibility; Nectar features; Seed viability

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; BROMELIACEAE; TROCHILIDAE; VRIESEA FRIBURGENSIS;

EID: 84883053874     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2012.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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