Funding for this study was provided by the Brazilian Coordination for Higher Education Personnel Training(CAPES:Coordenacao de Aperfeic¸oamento de Pessoal de Nıvel Superior)for providing C.C.C.M.with a doctoral research scholarship(this study was financed in part by CAPES—Finance Code 001).The Rio de Janeiro State Research Foundation(FAPERJ:Fundacao Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo aPesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)provided C.C.C.M.with a grant(DSC-10 process E_01/201.955/2017);supported the research of M.A.S.A.(CNE processes E-26/203191/2015,E-26/202.835/2018);The Brazilian National Research Council(CNPq:Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientıfico e Tecnologico)provided M.A.S.A.with a research fellowship(PQ processes 305798/2014-6,306.579/2018-9).
Some types of plant accumulate liquid in their inflorescences creating phytotelmata.These environments protect the flowers against florivory,although they may be colonized by aquatic or semiaquatic florivorous insect ...
Rescue,preservation and genetic improvement of native heliconias in South-east Mexico,which was funded by the National Forestry,Crops and Livestock Research Institute(INIFAP).
In Mexico, the utilization of native heliconias germplasm for preservation and genetic improvement purposes, has been limited partly because of the unawareness between their population similarities and differences, an...