Table 1.
Flow cytometric results for five major European Gymnadenia species and two undetermined taxa from France
| Species | Ploidy level | Relative fluorescence intensity against internal reference standard, Pisum sativum (mean ± s.d.)* | Proportion of replicated genome (mean ± s.d., %)* | No. of FCM analyses | No. of individuals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. borealis | 2x | 0·956 ± 0·017c | 53·7 ± 1·7e | 139 | 599 |
| G. conopsea (incl. subsp. serotina p.p., var. alpina, G. graminea, G. splendida p.p., G. vernalis) | 2x | 0·853 ± 0·021f | 58·1 ± 1·9c | 496 | 2114 |
| 4x | 1·588 ± 0·029b | 60·7 ± 2·3b | 161 | 528 | |
| G. densiflora (incl. G. conopsea subsp. serotina p.p., G. conopsea var. friesica, G. splendida p.p.) | 2x | 0·748 ± 0·014g | 74·4 ± 2·4a | 362 | 1538 |
| G. frivaldii | 2x | 0·857 ± 0·031f | 50·8 ± 1·9e | 10 | 32 |
| G. odoratissima | 2x | 0·906 ± 0·019e | 56·8 ± 1·8cd | 106 | 464 |
| French diploid | 2x | 0·923 ± 0·018d | 56·2 ± 1·7d | 163 | 565 |
| French tetraploid | 4x | 1·673 ± 0·026a | 60·6 ± 2·0b | 90 | 192 |
*Different letters indicate groups of taxa that are significantly different at α = 0·05.