Trade off between quantity and size of pollen grains in the heterandrous flowers of Senna pendula (Fabaceae)

ABSTRACT Heteranthery, the presence of different types of stamens in a flower, may reduce the conflict between pollinators and plants by ensuring the resource for the pollinator without drastically affecting the availability of viable male gametes for fertilization, according to the division-of-labo...

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Main Authors: Bruna Karen Pinheiro-Costa, José Neiva Mesquita-Neto, Juliana Ordones Rego, Clemens Schlindwein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil 2018-07-01
Series:Acta Botânica Brasílica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062018000300446&lng=en&tlng=en