Despite the typically low population densities and animal-mediated pollination of tropical
forest trees, outcrossing and long-distance pollen dispersal are the norm. We reviewed the …

It is estimated that around half of all species of flowering plants show self‐incompatibility
(SI). However, the great majority of species alleged to have SI simply comply with 'the …

Bateman's principle states that male fitness is usually limited by the number of matings
achieved, while female fitness is usually limited by the resources available for reproduction …

Trees, shrubs or herbs, exceptionally climbers, rarely monoecious or dioecious, usually with
tufted or stellate hairs, sometimes also with simple hairs or glands, more rarely lepidote …

The phylogeny of baobab trees was analyzed using four data sets: chloroplast DNA
restriction sites, sequences of the chloroplast rpl 16 intron, sequences of the internal …

summary Eight species of Brazilian Myrtaceae were studied for their flowering phenology,
pollination biology, breeding system and fruiting success: Eugenia dysenteries …

Controlled pollinations and observations of pollen tube growth, pollen fertility and cytological
data were studied in 11 species of Melastomataceae growing in “cerrado” in SE Brazil …

The flowering and fruiting phenology, floral biology, pollination ecology, and breeding
system of the emergent tree Ceiba pentandra were studied in the Brazilian Central Amazon …

In a recent review of self-incompatibility (SI) in flowering plants, Dickinson (1990) noted that
'SI in angiosperms is probably the best defined cellular communication system in the plant …

The pollination biology and breeding system of Hymenaea stigonocarpa, a common tree of
the Brazilian cerrados, were investigated. The flowers have nocturnal anthesis, produce …