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Provedor de dados: | 39
País: | Brazil
Título: | Reproductive phenology and germination of Eleocharis laeviglumis R. Trevis. &amp;amp; Boldrini (Cyperaceae)
Autores: | Demeda,Camila Luisa Bernhardt; Seger,Guilherme Dubal dos Santos; Steiner,Neusa; Trevisan,Rafael.
Data: | 2018-09-01
Ano: | 2018
Palavras-chave: | Aquatic macrophyte; Coastal lake; Cyperaceae; Eleocharis; Sexual reproduction; Spikelet; Germinability; Reproductive phenology; Seed vigor.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT Aquatic macrophytes are important components of freshwater ecosystems, of which Cyperaceae is the most diverse family. Many species of Cyperaceae form dense populations along lake margins of the southern coast of Brazil, but little is known about their sexual reproductive strategies. We characterized the reproductive life cycle of Eleocharis laeviglumis, an abundant emergent macrophyte of coastal wetlands in southern Brazil, by assessing its reproductive phenophases and estimating the number of its flowers and potentially viable fruits per inflorescence in a natural population. We also tested seed germinability and vigor for a period of four months during a single reproductive season. The species possesses dichogamous and protogynous spikelets with an average duration of 34 days (pre-anthesis, 1.7 d; anthesis, 6.9 d; fruit maturation, 22.3 d; fruit dispersion, 3.2 d). More than half of the flowers (62.2 %) developed into fruits, while only 5.5 % of the seeds germinated. Germinability and vigor decreased during the reproductive season. Some culms probably originate from asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction of clones. For restoration purposes, we suggest that E. laeviglumis should be propagated by sowing seeds collected at the beginning of the reproductive season, along with the transplantation of rhizomes.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062018000300487
Editor: | Sociedade Botânica do Brasil
Relação: | 10.1590/0102-33062018abb0200
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Acta Botanica Brasilica  v.32 n.3 2018
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess