Awn length variation and its effect on dispersal unit burial of Trachypogon spicatus (Poaceae)

Trachypogon spicatus, formerly known as Trachypogon plumosus, is a dominant grass in some savannas of Northern South America. Its dispersal unit, like many other species of the Andropogoneae tribe, bears a hygroscopic awn which facilitates its establishment in favorable microsites. Some authors have...

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Main Authors: Erica E. Johnson, Zdravko Baruch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2014-03-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442014000200023&lng=en&tlng=en