Table 4.

Mean, standard deviation and range of C-values at different ploidy levels in New Zealand Poaceae

Ploidy level	2x	4x	6x	8x	10x	12x	14x	16x
No. of species analysed	15	64	41	11	10	6	5	3
Mean	5·35	8·01	10·65	18·02	12·26	24·57	24·62	18·66
Standard deviation	3·50	4·72	7·54	5·60	4·27	5·71	2·17	2·14
Range	1·45–11·50	0·97–20·54	1·77–28·56	12·57–32·09	7·85–17·67	21·50–29·97	21·11–26·81	17·40–21·13