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. 2020 Mar 25;8:e8836. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8836

Table 1. The population of Edmundoa lindenii in PARNASO is self-incompatible and parthenocarpic.

Fruit and seeds production after hand pollination treatments at Serra do Órgãos National Park, southeastern Brazil. Reproductive success = proportion of fruits with seeds multiplied by the number of seeds.

Treatments Flowers
(n)
Fruits with seeds (n) Fruit set Seeds
(mean ± SD)
Reproductive success
Spontaneous self-pollination 20 1 0.05 26 1.30
Manual self-pollination 49 4 0.08 126.00 ± 58.17 10.08 ± 4.65
Cross-pollination total 130 127 0.98 116.11 ± 58.97 113.64 ± 61.27
Cross-pollination 2016 26 23 0.89 126.57 ± 53.66 99.65 ± 57.91
Cross-pollination 2017 48 48 1.00 138.44 ± 63.47 138.44 ± 63.47
Cross-pollination 2018 56 56 1.00 98.88 ± 54.65 98.88 ± 54.65
Natural conditions total 131 108 0.82 119.08 ± 66.31 101.98 ± 58.43
Natural conditions 2016 49 45 0.92 131.19 ± 55.58 120.69 ± 51.13
Natural conditions 2017 20 11 0.55 76.73 ± 73.66 42.20 ± 40.51
Natural conditions 2018 62 52 0.84 118.04 ± 70.23 99.15 ± 58.99