Pollination and Breeding System of Vellozia squamata (Liliales: Velloziaceae): A Species of the Brazilian Cerrados
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P. E. Oliveira
Jardim Botânico de Brasília, CNPq, Brazil
Department Biology and Pre-clinical Medicine The University of St. Andrews St. Andrews KY16 9TH Scotland, U.K.
Jardim Botânico de Brasília cxp 040167, Brasília, DF 70000 Brazil
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P. E. Gibbs
University of St. Andrews, Scotland, U.K.
Department Biology and Pre-clinical Medicine The University of St. Andrews St. Andrews KY16 9TH Scotland, U.K.
Jardim Botânico de Brasília cxp 040167, Brasília, DF 70000 Brazil
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Marta Bianchi
University of St. Andrews, Scotland, U.K.
Department Biology and Pre-clinical Medicine The University of St. Andrews St. Andrews KY16 9TH Scotland, U.K.
Jardim Botânico de Brasília cxp 040167, Brasília, DF 70000 Brazil
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P. E. Oliveira
Jardim Botânico de Brasília, CNPq, Brazil
Department Biology and Pre-clinical Medicine The University of St. Andrews St. Andrews KY16 9TH Scotland, U.K.
Jardim Botânico de Brasília cxp 040167, Brasília, DF 70000 Brazil
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P. E. Gibbs
University of St. Andrews, Scotland, U.K.
Department Biology and Pre-clinical Medicine The University of St. Andrews St. Andrews KY16 9TH Scotland, U.K.
Jardim Botânico de Brasília cxp 040167, Brasília, DF 70000 Brazil
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Marta Bianchi
University of St. Andrews, Scotland, U.K.
Department Biology and Pre-clinical Medicine The University of St. Andrews St. Andrews KY16 9TH Scotland, U.K.
Jardim Botânico de Brasília cxp 040167, Brasília, DF 70000 Brazil
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The pollination biology and breeding system of Vellozia squamata (Velloziaceae), a species of cerrado vegetation in Central Brazil, were studied. V. squamata is unusual in being pollinated by a few, generalist bee species despite having very large flowers, and having a distinctive pulsed flowering phenology. The species is self-incompatible but with a late-acting, post-fertilization rejection mechanism.
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