Table 2. Diversity and neutrality indices in Senecio madagascariensis based on ITS data.

Parameter	South America	Complete data set*
Sample size	139	161
No. sequence types	20	26
π (SD)	0.001 (0.001)	0.002 (0.002)
Genetic diversity (SD)	0.624 0.02	0.763 (0.017)
FST	0.146 (P <0.001)	0.312 (P <0.001)

^*South America samples plus sequences from South Africa (7); Swaziland (2);

Madagascar (8) and Hawaiian Islands (5).

π = Nucleotide diversity.

SD= Standard deviation.