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Title
Venezuelan Columnar Cacti
Author
Janet Castro
Keywords
allozymes, bats, Cactaceae, Cereus, columnar cacti, Pilosocereus, population structure, Stenocereus, Venezuela
Description
BSA Plant Images Online - Pilosocereus lanuginosus, Stenocereus griseus, Cereus repandus
The three most abundant Venezuelan columnar cacti, from left to right, Pilosocereus lanuginosus (Linnaeus) Byles & Rowley, Stenocereus griseus (Haworth) Buxbaum, and Cereus repandus (Linnaeus) Miller. These species depend strictly on nectar-feeding bats for their pollination. Bat-mediated gene dispersal confers high levels of genetic exchange among populations of the three species, a process that enhances levels of genetic diversity within their populations.
Publisher
Botanical Society of America
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