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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2008v21n2p33Abstract
Floral biology and reproductive mechanisms of the Ocimum canum Sims (Lamiaceae). The Ocimum genus (Lamiaceae) presents essential oils used in the pharmaceutical, perfume, cosmetics and culinary industries. The aim of this paper was to study the fl oral biology and breeding mechanisms of Ocimum canum. Sims. in relation to improved plant breeding. Ocimum canum has infl orescences with white, protandrous and hermaphoditic fl owers. The osmophores are located at the anthers and stigma. Anthesis occurs between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. The main fl oral visitors were bees of the Apis and Augochloropsis genuses. Ocimum canum presents a breeding system with a predominance of outcrossing that possibly demonstrates the wide reproductive fl exibility of this species.Downloads
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