Table 1. Mean and standard deviation of pollen size in Myrtales (in microns).
Letters in parentheses indicate significant difference between groups in post hoc multiple comparison.
| Equatorial view | Polar view | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollen length | Pollen width | Pollen length | Pollen width | |||||||
| Clade | n | M | SD | M | SD | n | M | SD | M | SD |
| CAP | 4 | 21.78 (ac) | 7.47 | 22.03 (ab) | 8.13 | 5 | 18.64 (ab) | 5.35 | 20.84 (abc) | 5.89 |
| Combretaceae | 25 | 20.29 (ac) | 4.94 | 17.53 (ab) | 5.27 | 24 | 18.21 (a) | 5.36 | 20.05 (ab) | 5.92 |
| Lythraceae | 68 | 23.78 (c) | 11.34 | 20.36 (b) | 10.38 | 43 | 23.87 (b) | 11.25 | 24 (bc) | 11.64 |
| Melastomataceae | 96 | 19.05 (a) | 5.84 | 16.35 (a) | 4.93 | 90 | 18.28 (a) | 6.72 | 19.37 (a) | 6.6 |
| Myrtaceae | 66 | 11.61 (b) | 3.94 | 18.39 (b) | 5.64 | 237 | 18.65 (a) | 6.63 | 18.89 (a) | 6.1 |
| Onagraceae | 28 | 55.25 (d) | 25.58 | 85.19 (c) | 45.95 | 62 | 74.11 (c) | 30.02 | 68.48 (d) | 40.16 |
| Vochysiaceae | 6 | 23 (ac) | 8.23 | 24.11 (b) | 8.59 | 7 | 25.75 (b) | 8.49 | 27.86 (c) | 8.4 |