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Post-zygotic reproductive isolation between sympatric taxa in the Chamaecrista desvauxii complex (Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae).
Annals of botany - 1 Apr 2007
Costa Cristiana Barros Nascimento, Lambert Sabrina Mota, Borba Eduardo Leite, de Queiroz Luciano Paganucci
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Differences in the mating systems and the mechanisms of reproductive isolation between Chamaecrista desvauxii var. graminea and C. desvauxii var. latistipula were examined in the Chapada Diamantina, Brazil. These taxa occur sympatrically, and their populations demonstrate marked morphological differences. The objective of the present work was to determine if reproductive isolation mechanisms...
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