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. 2007 Oct 11;104(42):16714–16719. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705338104

Table 1.

Quantification of I. amara petal surface area and petal cell size

Petal area, mm2
Petal cell size, μm2
St. A1 St. A2 St. A1 St. A2
aD petals 3.6 ± 0.8 10.2 ± 2.1 241.92 ± 60.04 490.91 ± 94.94
aB petals 5.7 ± 1.5 38.1 ± 8.0 239.66 ± 49.57 534.40 ± 87.94
aB/aD 1.6 ± 0.2 3.7 ± 0.4 0.99 ± 0.32 1.09 ± 0.27

Values with standard deviation are given for average adaxial (aD) and abaxial (aB) petal surface area (mm2) and cell size (μm2) from flowers at stages (St.) A1 and A2. Differences between adaxial and abaxial petal values are given as ratios (aB/aD).