. 2010 Feb 24;105(4):627–635. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcq017

Table 1.

List of tested species, their family, seed coat type (P, water-permeable, I, water-impermeable; based on the permeability tests described in Materials and methods) and the mean germination percentage in control conditions and after the heat treatments

Species	Family	Seed coat	Control	80 °C 5 min	80 °C 10 min	100 °C 5 min	100 °C 10 min	120 °C 5 min	120 °C 10 min	150 °C 5 min
Anthyllis cytisoides	Fabaceae	I	1	2^ns	2^ns	3^ns	4^ns	1^ns	4^ns	9**
Anthyllis lagascana	Fabaceae	I	5	5^ns	3^ns	5^ns	8^ns	7^ns	6^ns	0**
Cistus albidus	Cistaceae	I	11	21*	55****	60****	55****	61****	18^ns	0****
Cistus monspeliensis	Cistaceae	I	11	19^ns	22*	42****	50****	73****	48****	51****
Coris monspeliensis	Primulaceae	P	2	1^ns	1^ns	4^ns	3^ns	3^ns	7^ns	1^ns
Coronilla minima	Fabaceae	I	5	12^ns	8^ns	6^ns	20***	20**	0**	0**
Digitalis obscura	Scrophulariaceae	P	90	86^ns	83^ns	92^ns	88^ns	94^ns	89^ns	58****
Dorycnium pentaphyllum	Fabaceae	I	12	11^ns	12^ns	9^ns	17^ns	20^ns	0****	2***
Erica multiflora	Ericaceae	P	81	83^ns	79^ns	80^ns	90*	87^ns	87^ns	93***
Erica terminalis	Ericaceae	P	22	25^ns	30^ns	38*	30^ns	31^ns	21^ns	46***
Erica umbellata	Ericaceae	P	0	0^ns	0^ns	0^ns	0^ns	0^ns	1^ns	1^ns
Fumana ericoides	Cistaceae	I	0	2^ns	9***	11****	17****	17****	18****	0^ns
Fumana thymifolia	Cistaceae	I	8	19*	27***	43****	57****	58****	1**	0****
Genista scorpius	Fabaceae	I	17	10^ns	17^ns	22^ns	24^ns	23^ns	4**	1***
Genista triacanthos	Fabaceae	I	4	84****	86****	91****	86****	82****	91****	67****
Genista umbellata	Fabaceae	P	78	76^ns	72^ns	86^ns	86^ns	92**	83^ns	34****
Helianthemum syriacum	Cistaceae	I	12	16^ns	13^ns	8^ns	6^ns	6^ns	0****	0****
Lavandula latifolia	Lamiaceae	P	13	20**	18^ns	32****	25**	30***	2**	1***
Lavandula stoechas	Lamiaceae	P	10	21**	31****	41****	68****	72****	12^ns	0****
Linum suffruticosum	Linaceae	P	98	100^ns	95^ns	95^ns	98^ns	97^ns	94^ns	88**
Ononis minutissima	Fabaceae	I	2	1^ns	3^ns	3^ns	29****	21****	1^ns	3^ns
Rosmarinus officinalis	Lamiaceae	P	19	27^ns	37**	46****	26^ns	35**	28^ns	14^ns
Sideritis angustifolia	Lamiaceae	P	87	84^ns	82^ns	73*	30****	11****	9****	1****
Teucrium capitatum	Lamiaceae	P	17	22^ns	39****	33**	25^ns	18^ns	20^ns	1****
Teucrium ronnigeri	Lamiaceae	P	35	36^ns	48*	52**	25^ns	26^ns	18**	1****
Thymus piperella	Lamiaceae	P	78	83^ns	81^ns	95****	81^ns	54****	62**	22****
Thymus vulgaris	Lamiaceae	P	86	93^ns	91^ns	93^ns	87^ns	95*	90^ns	70**
Ulex borgiae	Fabaceae	I	5	62****	72****	58****	90****	89****	75****	0**
Ulex parviflorus	Fabaceae	I	4	40****	67****	59****	83****	92****	66****	1^ns
Xolantha tuberaria	Cistaceae	I	1	5^ns	2^ns	8*	44****	66****	63****	34****

The significance of the pairwise comparison of each treatment with its corresponding control is also included (ns, not significant; *P < 0·05; **P < 0·01; ***P < 0·001; ****P < 0·0001).