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Table 2 Mean ± SE of each environmental variable and biometrical trait analysed in the populations of the Gelbison, the Sila and the Aspromonte massifs

From: Evolution, ecology and systematics of Soldanella (Primulaceae) in the southern Apennines (Italy)

  

Gelbison

Sila

Aspromonte

Soil

 

n = 23

n = 15

n = 11

 

pH

6.96 ± 0.11a

5.67 ± 0.11b

5.98 ± 0.10b

 

OM (% d.w.)

15.16 ± 2.49a

31.65 ± 6.45b

31.73 ± 3.77b

 

Carbon (% d.w.)

7.54 ± 1.35a

14.02 ± 3.33b

15.31 ± 1.82b

 

Nitrogen (% d.w.)

0.62 ± 0.10a

0.93 ± 0.22a

1.01 ± 0.11a

Glandular hairs

 

n = 28

n = 28

n = 29

 

h (μm)

102.69 ± 2.83a

109.76 ± 2.38a

109.02 ± 3.73a

 

tl (μm)

41.00 ± 0.93a

29.15 ± 0.94b

36.37 ± 1.09c

 

twmax (μm)

35.05 ± 0.33a

22.37 ± 0.36b

31.46 ± 0.57c

 

twmin (μm)

18.92 ± 0.25a

13.75 ± 0.20b

17.87 ± 0.34c

 

ml (μm)

31.68 ± 0.98a

34.14 ± 0.96a

32.99 ± 1.25a

 

mwmax (μm)

21.39 ± 0.32a

17.55 ± 0.31b

22.07 ± 0.49ac

 

mwmin (μm)

18.53 ± 0.35a

16.17 ± 0.22b

19.91 ± 0.47c

 

bl (μm)

28.13 ± 1.03a

37.49 ± 1.17b

35.38 ± 1.24b

 

bwmax (μm)

20.52 ± 0.47a

21.59 ± 0.37ab

25.50 ± 0.67b

Leaves

 

n = 69

n = 48

n = 58

 

le (mm)

2.19 ± 0.09a

1.38 ± 0.09b

1.53 ± 0.05b

 

lc (mm)

2.98 ± 0.11a

1.89 ± 0.12b

2.11 ± 0.09b

 

d (mm)

3.49 ± 0.13a

2.24 ± 0.14b

2.52 ± 0.08b

 

lp (mm)

8.68 ± 0.91a

3.85 ± 0.31b

5.06 ± 0.20b

  1. Different letters indicate significant differences (for α = 0.05) according to the Tukey HSD post hoc test. The number of observations for each group of data (n) is also reported. For the abbreviations, refer to the Methods section