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Reproductive Biology

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Most studies on the reproductive biology of species of the genus Clusia are limited in time, space and phenological scales that they cover. Floral biology descriptions are more abundant than studies on the possible ecological and evolutionary causes and consequences of sexual behaviour. For instance, Table 5.1, which is largely based on a previous list by Lopes and Machado (1998), shows information on 28 species more thoroughly studied, which adds up to ca. 10% or less of the 250–400 species belonging to the genus (Bittrich and Amaral 1996a; Pipoly et al. 1998).

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    Rodrigo Lemes Martins & Fabio Rubio Scarano

  2. CCS, IB, Depto. de Botânica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, cep. 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Tânia Wendt

  3. Depto. de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, ICBS, cep. 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

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Martins, R.L., Wendt, T., Margis, R., Rubio Scarano, F. (2007). Reproductive Biology. In: Lüttge, U. (eds) Clusia. Ecological Studies, vol 194. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37243-1_6

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