Pollination and Breeding System of Vellozia squamata (Liliales: Velloziaceae): A Species of the Brazilian Cerrados
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Botanica Acta
- Vol. 104 (5) , 392-398
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1438-8677.1991.tb00247.x
Abstract
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.Keywords
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