Several important fitness components in herbaceous perennial plants are commonly related to plant size: flowering probability, reproductive allocation and fecundity. However, evidence for such size-dependence of fitness components is mostly anecdotal and unconnected to other life history traits. Here we report size-dependence for flowering probability and reproductive allocation in 11 populatio...

The carnivorous plant genus Utricularia L. (bladderwort) comprises about 240 species distributed worldwide and is traditionally classified into two subgenera (Polypompholyx and Utricularia) and 35 sections, based mainly on general and trap morphology. It is one out of the largest carnivorous genera, representing ca. 30% of all carnivorous plant species, and is also the most widely distributed. ...

We report the first record of Utricularia breviscapa from state Maranhão, northeastern Brazil. collected this species in municipality Chapadinha, eastern within Cerrado domain. This work adds new information on flora Maranhão and distribution U. . Illustrations descriptions are also provided.

Background and aims – Epiphytic diatoms are excellent bio-indicators of the present past ecological condition aquatic ecosystems. In order to reconstruct diatom history evaluate its diversity in Democratic Republic Congo, epiphytic were sampled from herbarium specimens plants deposited at National Herbarium Congo Yangambi (YBI) Meise Botanic Garden (BR).Material methods YBI, nine belonging Nymp...