-(Reproductive biology of Geonoma brevispatha Barb. Rodr. (Arecaceae) in fl oodable riparian forest, in Uberlândia, MG, Brazil). Geonoma brevispatha Barb. Rodr. is a shrub palm with clonal growth and restricted to marshy lands along banks of rivers and streams. The object of this work is to describe its reproductive biology in an area of fl oodable riparian forest, in Uberlândia, MG. The study was carried out from April 2004 to December 2005. The species fl owered from April to August of 2004. The greater production of fruit occurred between October and December. The fl owers present a violaceous coloring; they are diclinous, protanderous in the same fl ower head, emit a strong scent and open about 8:00 in the morning. They are arranged in the rachilla in triads (two lateral staminate fl owers and a central pistillate). Only the pistillate fl ower had nectar. It is smaller than the staminate and its life span is between two and four days and that of the staminate is one day. The rate for pollen viability for fl owers in pre-anthesis was 84.3% and 95.9% for recently opened fl owers. The stigmatic receptivity occurs as from the bud stage. The average number of fl owers per fl ower head was 2,192.8 ± 1,184.1 staminate and 1,129.5 ± 571.4 pistillate. There was no overlapping between the opening of the staminate and pistillate fl owers in the same fl ower head and neither in the same individual, and so occurring functional dioecy. Apomixis did not occur and therefore the sexual reproduction of the species depends on cross pollination. The main effective pollinators were fl ies of the Muscidae e Sarcophagidae families. Bees and beetles were considered as occasional pollinators.Key words -fl oral biology, Geonoma brevispatha, myophily, pollination, reproductive system RESUMO -(Biologia reprodutiva de Geonoma brevispatha Barb. Rodr. (Arecaceae) em mata de galeria inundável em Uberlândia, MG, Brasil). Geonoma brevispatha Barb. Rodr. é uma palmeira arbustiva com crescimento clonal e restrita a ambientes alagados, bordas de rios e córregos. O objetivo deste trabalho é descrever sua biologia reprodutiva em uma área de mata de galeria inundável, em Uberlândia, MG. O estudo foi feito no período de abril de 2004 a dezembro de 2005. A espécie fl oresceu de abril a agosto. A maior produção de frutos ocorreu entre outubro e dezembro de 2004. As fl ores possuem coloração violácea, são diclinas, protândricas, emitem odor forte, abrem por volta das 8h00 e são arranjadas na ráquila em tríades (duas fl ores estaminadas laterais e a pistilada central). Somente as fl ores pistiladas apresentaram néctar. A fl or pistilada é menor que a estaminada com longevidade de dois a quatro dias, enquanto a estaminada dura um dia. A taxa de viabilidade polínica para fl ores em pré-antese foi de 84,3% e de 95,9% para fl ores recém abertas. A receptividade estigmática ocorre desde a fase de pré-antese. O número médio de fl ores por infl orescência foi de 2.192,8 ± 1.184,1 de fl ores estaminadas e 1.129,5 ± 571,4 de pistiladas. Não houve sobre...
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