Post-fire flowering and fruiting in Vellozia sincorana, a caulescent rosette plant endemic to Northeast Brazil Floração e frutificação depois de fogo em Vellozia sincorana, planta caulescente de roseta endêmica do Nordeste do Brasil

Vellozia sincorana L.B. Sm. & Ayensu, an endemic of campos rupestres, is an endangered species collected by local people to start cooking fires due to the flammability of its resinous stems. A massive flowering of V. sincorana following a wildfire in October 1999 raised some questions: Does fire...

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Main Authors: Abel Augusto Conceição, Barron J. Orr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil 2012-03-01
Series:Acta Botânica Brasílica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062012000100011