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[email protected] Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Ramírez Morillo, Ivón M.; Chi May, Francisco; Fernández-Concha, Germán Carnevali; May Pat, Filogonio Reproductive biology of Hechtia schottii, a dioecious Bromeliaceae, in Mexico Revista de Biología Tropical, vol. 56, núm. 1, marzo, 2008, pp. 279-289 Universidad de Costa Rica San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44918831020 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Reproductive biology of Hechtia schottii, a dioecious Bromeliaceae, in Mexico Ivón M. Ramírez Morillo, Francisco Chi May, Germán Carnevali Fernández-Concha & Filogonio May Pat Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C., Herbario CICY, Calle 43 # 130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida 97200, Yucatán, México. Phone: (999) 9428330 ext. 232. Fax: (999) 9813900;
[email protected] Received 22-XI-2005. Corrected 31-I-2007. Accepted 03-X-2007. Abstract: Hechtia schottii is a terrestrial, rosetofilous, dioecious, polycarpic succulent herb, that grows mainly in shrubby associations, and less frequently, in secondary low caducifolious forests, both on calcareous soils or limestone outcrops in Yucatan and Campeche States, Mexico. We studied phenology, floral and pollination biology, and breeding system at Calcehtok, Yucatan, during two flowering seasons. Plants bloom mainly dur- ing the dry season (November-April) and disperse seeds during the rainy season (May-October).