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Table 2.

Ploidy level and morphological characteristics of vegetative clonal and seed-derived 4x plants of Anoectochilus formosanus.

Characteristics	Tenth Generation Vegetative Clonal 4x Plants Obtained from Nodal Stem Segments	Seed-Derived 4x Plants Obtained Via Self-Pollination
Ploidy level (cytometric patterns of young leaves, lateral shoots and root tips)	4x (all present 4C + 8C)	4x (all present 4C + 8C)
Stomata frequency (numbers/500 × 500 μm²)	28.8 ± 1.5^a *	28.5 ± 1.7^a
Length of stomata (μm)	30.5 ± 1.3^a	31.5 ± 1.3^a
Width of stomata (μm)	26.5 ± 1.0^a	26.3 ± 1.0^a
Leaf shape	Cordate	Cordate

* Means ± SD within a row followed by the same letter are not significantly different according to Duncan’s multiple range test (P ≤ 0.05).