. 2007 Jul 25;100(5):1101–1115. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcm126

Table 4.

Variation of morphological characters in wild and managed in situ populations of Escontria chiotilla, Polaskia chichipe and Stenocereus stellatus from the Tehuacán Valley and La Mixteca Baja regions, central Mexico

	E. chiotilla		P. chichipe		S. stellatus
Character	Wild	Managed in situ	Wild	Managed in situ	Wild	Managed in situ
Fruit length	22·622 ± 0·305^A	27·225 ± 0·389^B	17·017 ± 0·243^a	21·294 ± 0·209^b	–	–
Fruit diameter	21·186 ± 0·296^A	25·414 ± 0·356^B	17·976 ± 0·249^a	21·453 ± 0·22^b	–	–
Fruit size	–	–	–	–	30·338 ± 1·671¹	40·947 ± 1·662²
Fruit weight	6·444 ± 0·223^A	11·102 ± 0·438^B	2·943 ± 0·118^a	5·957 ± 0·141^b	–	–
Proportion of pulp in fruits					52·366 ± 1·169¹	58·723 ± 1·163²
Thickness of fruit peel	0·231 ± 0·008^A	0·260 ± 0·005^B	0·140 ± 0·005^a	0·147 ± 0·005^a	0·384 ± 0·008²	0·313 ± 0·008¹
Number of areoles on peel	–	–	18·078 ± 0·296^a	18·091 ± 0·334^a	31·403 ± 0·590²	27·291 ± 0·586¹
Density of areoles on peel	–	–	1·816 ± 0·072^a	1·867 ± 0·057^a	3·060 ± 0·088²	2·201 ± 0·088¹
Weight of fruit peel	4·105 ± 0·133^A	6·130 ± 0·193^B	1·826 ± 0·087^a	1·867 ± 0·066^b	–	–
Weight of fruit pulp	2·328 ± 0·114^A	4·841 ± 0·269^B	1·266 ± 0·062^a	3·134 ± 0·086^b	–	–
Total weight of seeds	0·243 ± 0·012^A	0·340 ± 0·013^B	0·219 ± 0·005^a	0·279 ± 0·005^b	0·948 ± 0·048¹	1·316 ± 0·047²
Total number of seeds	407·632 ± 20·673^A	532·718 ± 15·601^B	311·09 ± 7·082^a	359·724 ± 7·463^b	963·182 ± 32·650¹	1219·800 ± 32·468²
Mean weight per seed	0·624 ± 0·015^A	0·780 ± 0·013^B	–	–	0·948 ± 0·021¹	1·131 ± 0·021²
Length of pericarpel	14·669 ± 0·192^A	15·281 ± 0·144^B	13·042 ± 0·130^a	13·598 ± 0·154^b	–	–
Diameter of pericarpel	11·070 ± 0·080^A	11·188 ± 0·114^A	10·603 ± 0·113^a	10·786 ± 0·070^b	–	–
Perianth length	23·767 ± 0·292^A	24·385 ± 0·219^A	17·286 ± 0·235^a	17·342 ± 0·22^a	–	–
Ovary length	4·197 ± 0·083^A	4·463 ± 0·085^B	2·830 ± 0·060^a	2·721 ± 0·041^a	–	–
Ovary diameter	3·784 ± 0·060^A	3·742 ± 0·047^A	3·767 ± 0·059^a	3·675 ± 0·094^a	–	–
Style length	18·287 ± 0·215^A	18·683 ± 0·167^A	16·852 ± 0·233^a	18·377 ± 0·178^a	–	–
Number of stigma lobes	7·213 ± 0·097^A	7·283 ± 0·079^A	8·622 ± 0·082^a	8·510 ± 0·067^a	–	–
Length of stigma lobes	6·009 ± 0·187^A	5·879 ± 0·094^A	5·035 ± 0·072^a	5·206 ± 0·070^a	–	–
Length of nectar chamber	2·819 ± 0·065^B	2·569 ± 0·046^A	2·838 ± 0·070^a	2·835 ± 0·061^a	–	–
Diameter of nectar chamber	3·794 ± 0·051^A	3·748 ± 0·047^A	3·651 ± 0·066^a	3·628 ± 0·045^a	–	–
Anther length	1·573 ± 0·024^A	1·596 ± 0·016^A	1·947 ± 0·023^a	1·861 ± 0·021^a	–	–
Anther width	0·753 ± 0·011^B	0·697 ± 0·009^A	1·125 ± 0·110^a	1·011 ± 0·008^a	–	–
Plant height	4·334 ± 0·093^A	4·187 ± 0·062^A	3·434 ± 0·798^b	3·123 ± 0·064^a	–	–
Stem diameter	16·020 ± 0·533^A	19·028 ± 0·533^B	11·839 ± 0·165^a	12·005 ± 0·181^a	–	–
Number of ribs per branch	7·230 ± 0·046^A	7·242 ± 0·039^A	9·645 ± 0·065^a	9·786 ± 0·068^a	9·583 ± 0·118¹	10·393 ± 0·117²
Rib width	3·360 ± 0·056^A	3·789 ± 0·060^B	2·384 ± 0·048^a	2·270 ± 0·050^a	3·070 ± 0·066¹	3·246 ± 0·066¹
Rib depth	2·624 ± 0·033^A	2·757 ± 0·034^B	2·017 ± 0·025^a	2·288 ± 0·028^a	2·550 ± 0·040¹	2·606 ± 0·039¹
Number of spines per areole	13·254 ± 0·230^A	13·089 ± 0·146^A	8·766 ± 0·754^a	8·818 ± 0·077^a	12·732 ± 0·239¹	14·801 ± 0·238²
Spine size	2·699 ± 0·097^A	2·806 ± 0·084^A	1·261 ± 0·032^a	1·378 ± 0·037^a	2·106 ± 0·001¹	2·608 ± 0·001²
Distance between areoles	1·385 ± 0·020^A	1·426 ± 0·017^A	0·891 ± 0·020^a	0·875 ± 0·020^a	2·512 ± 0·041²	2·301 ± 0·040¹
Number of branches	–	–	–	–	15·472 ± 1·633¹	20·344 ± 1·624²
Length of the highest branch	–	–	–	–	3·576 ± 0·097²	3·143 ± 0·096¹
Diameter of the highest branch	–	–	–	–	12·611 ± 0·177¹	13·921 ± 0·176²

Different upper- and lower-case letters and numbers indicate significant differences with P = 0·05 between populations of E. chiotilla, P. chichipe and S. stellatus, respectively