title: Ecological-evolutionary relationships in Passiflora alata from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
abstract: The geographical distribution, ecological characteristics, flowering and fruiting times, and pollinating agents of Passiflora alata are considered and related to molecular genetic data gathered simultaneously. The first report on this species in Rio Grande do Sul was made in 1934, only in cultivated gardens. Approximately 20 years later, however, the species was already classified as efferata (wild) in Porto Alegre's suburbs. The data presented here, together with the DNA investigations, indicate that P. alata is actively colonizing previously unoccupied areas of this region.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. patriciakoehler_bio@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Koehler-Santos
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Lorenz-Lemke
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Salzano
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Freitas
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D001938:Brazil; D017753:Ecosystem; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D029598:Passiflora / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012621:Seasons