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Contrasting breeding systems in twoEriotheca (Bombacaceae) species of the Brazilian cerrados

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The pollination biology and breeding systems ofEriotheca pubescens andE. gracilipes have been studied. These two species occur as trees in cerrado vegetation, the neotropical savannas of Central Brazil, with partially sympatric distributions. They have similar phenology and floral structure, although the flowers ofE. pubescens are larger. Both species have nectar flowers pollinated by largeAnthophoridae bees but the main pollinators of each species differ in size. The species have markedly different breeding systems: late-acting self-incompatibility inE. gracilipes and apomixis stimulated by pollination inE. pubescens.

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  1. Jardim Botânico de Brasília, Caixa Postal 040167, DF. CEP 70770, Brasília, Brazil

    Paulo E. Oliveira

  2. Department of Biology and Pre-Clinical Medicine, The University, KY16 9TH, St Andrews, Scotland, UK

    Peter E. Gibbs

  3. Departamento de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Cx.P. 593, MG. CEP 70770, Uberlândia, Brazil

    Ana Angélica Barbosa

  4. Departamento de Biologia Vegetal y Ecologia, Universidad Sevilla, apto. 1095, 41080, Sevilla, Spain

    Salvador Talavera

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Oliveira, P.E., Gibbs, P.E., Barbosa, A.A. et al. Contrasting breeding systems in twoEriotheca (Bombacaceae) species of the Brazilian cerrados. Pl Syst Evol 179, 207–219 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00937597

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