Background The predominance of sex in eukaryotes, despite the high costs of meiosis and
mating, remains an evolutionary enigma. Many theories have been proposed, none of them …

Main conclusion In this paper, an interaction model of apomixis-related genes was
constructed to analyze the emergence of apomictic types. It is speculated that apomixis …

Background and Aims Apomictic plants are less dependent on pollinator services and able
to occupy more diverse habitats than sexual species. However, such assumptions are based …

We review the patterns of fruit maturation, dispersal, germination, seed bank formation, and
seedling establishment of the Melastomataceae in two Neotropical biodiversity hotspots, the …

Flowering and fruiting are key events in the life history of plants, and both are critical to their
reproductive success. Besides the role of evolutionary history, plant reproductive phenology …

This chapter summarizes the taxonomic history, phylogeny, and biogeographic relationships
of the Lavoisiereae together with a descriptive characterization emphasizing morphological …

The genus Rupestrea is described to include two species previously described in Miconia.
Rupestrea carvalhoana and R. johnwurdackiana are restricted to Campos Rupestres at the …

Environmental conditions experienced by mother plants determine germination patterns.
Here, we investigated the germination ecology of Miconia albicans (Melastomataceae), a …

Apomixis is an asexual seed reproduction mechanism thorough which embryos are
originated from material tissues inside the ovules, without precedent fertilisation. It allows …

Approximately 70% of the angiosperm species are polyploid, an important phenomenon in
the evolution of those plants. But ploidy estimates have often been hindered because of the …