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. 2018 Dec 20;6:e5992. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5992

Table 2. Variation of morphological features of generative E. helleborine shoots in analyzed populations during two successive years 2011–2012.

Homogeneous letters indicate homogeneous groups (Kruskala–Wallisa test P = 0.05). HS, height of shoot; LI, length of inflorescences; WL, width of leaf; LL, length of leaf; CV, coefficient of variation (%). Characters abbreviated of populations as in the Table 1.

Population HS (cm) CV% LI (cm) CV% WL (cm) CV% LL (cm) CV%
2011
A1 84.8 a 28.8 20.9 a 43.2 4.8 a 27.4 8.8 a 27.4
A2 54.1 b 29.3 14.2 b 51.1 4.6 a 34.0 9.0 a 31.1
A3 56.3 b 21.0 11.5 c 46.4 3.1 b 42.8 6.1 b 39.1
A4 42.0 c 30.1 7.0 d 69.0 3.6 b 29.4 7.8 b 23.7
Mean 59.3 13.4 4.0 8.9
N1 62.0 b 28.9 15.8 b 54.0 6.0 c 38.6 11.6 c 19.7
N2 57.4 b 27.9 15.8 b 41.1 5.0 a 32.0 9.8 a 19.8
N3 34.5 d 44.2 11.7 c 53.2 4.2 a 32.2 5.2 d 63.1
N4 48.4 c 48.8 17.0 b 53.3 3.8 b 37.6 6.6 b 33.5
Mean 50.6 15.1 5.0 8.1
2012
A1 87.7 a 25.7 19.3 a 39.5 6.0 a 25.1 13.2 a 17.7
A2 64.3 b 30.3 18.5 a 51.6 5.8 a 28.0 10.0 b 20.6
A3 56.0 b 34.1 10.2 b 55.2 3.3 b 45.6 7.7 c 34.9
A4 40.2 c 39.7 7.9 b 50.4 3.6 b 26.5 7.7 c 22.9
Mean 62.1 14.0 6.8 7.5
N1 66.7 b 20.4 24.5 c 35.3 5.7 a 27.0 11.5 b 27.0
N2 62.1 b 26.7 16.2 a 52.0 6.0 a 39.3 11.7 b 19.8
N3 55.2 b 36.8 19.6 a 50.4 5.2 a 35.6 10.0 b 32.9
N4 46.1 c 51.9 17.1 a 53.6 3.8 b 37.4 6.6 c 33.5
Mean 57.5 19.4 5.2 10.0