Estudo preliminar das síndromes de polinização em um fragmento de Caatinga, PE, Brasil

Daniela Tábita de Lavor; Aretuza Bezerra Brito-Ramos

doi:10.5007/2175-7925.2016v29n4p19

Preliminary study of the pollination syndromes in a fragment of the Caatinga, in PE, Brazil

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Daniela Tábita de Lavor sem vínculo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9617-6382
Aretuza Bezerra Brito-Ramos Faculdade de Ciências Humanas do Sertão Central

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2016v29n4p19

Abstract

The aim of this study was to preliminarily identify the pollination syndromes of plant species in a fragment of the Caatinga, in the municipality of Serrita, Pernambuco, Brazil. A floristic survey was conducted during March 2014 in a 900 m² area. The morphology and loral attributes of the species were characterized (e.g., color and size of flowers, anthesis, presence of floral resources). The sets of floral parameters identified were used to determine their respective pollination syndromes. Entomophily was the most frequent pollination system, occurring in 76.12% of the species, followed by ornithophily (17.91%) and chiropterophily (5.97%). Melittophily accounted for 52.24% of the entomophilous species. The observed data show that pollination syndromes of the species in the study area follow the same patterns found in other Brazilian ecosystems, where entomophily/melittophily is the main pollination syndrome.

Author Biographies

Daniela Tábita de Lavor, sem vínculo

Graduação em Ciências Biológicas pela Faculdade de Ciências Humanas do Sertão Central. Especialista em Ecologia pela Universidade Regional do Cariri.

Aretuza Bezerra Brito-Ramos, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas do Sertão Central

Professora titular do Curso de Ciências Biológicas da Faculdade de Ciências Humanas do Sertão Central.

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2016-12-07

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Vol. 29 No. 4 (2016)

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