Table 1.

Chloroplast fluorescence parameters of 15 plant species.

Species		Chl a : Chl b	F v/F m	Φ PSII	Φ PSI	Φ PSI (ND)
Dicotyledons	Arabidopsis thaliana	2.99 ± 0.23b	0.78 ± 0.05b	0.31 ± 0.03b	0.41 ± 0.04b	0.37 ± 0.04a
	Lycopersicon esculentum	2.75 ± 0.21c	0.77 ± 0.05b	0.34 ± 0.03b	0.39 ± 0.04b	0.31 ± 0.03b
	Glycine max	2.78 ± 0.22c	0.82 ± 0.07a	0.39 ± 0.04a	0.45 ± 0.04a	0.39 ± 0.04a
Monocotyledonous	Triticum aestivum	3.17 ± 0.32b	0.79 ± 0.06b	0.35 ± 0.04b	0.43 ± 0.04a	0.38 ± 0.04a
	Oryza sativa	3.16 ± 0.32b	0.83 ± 0.07a	0.38 ± 0.04a	0.45 ± 0.04a	0.40 ± 0.04a
	Zea mays	3.79 ± 0.35a	0.85 ± 0.07a	0.39 ± 0.04a	0.47 ± 0.05a	0.43 ± 0.04a
Gymnosperm	Pinus massoniana	2.49 ± 0.20d	0.61 ± 0.04e	0.27 ± 0.03c	0.37 ± 0.03c	0.29 ± 0.03b
	Taxus chinensis	2.89 ± 0.21c	0.65 ± 0.05d	0.29 ± 0.02c	0.34 ± 0.03c	0.31 ± 0.03b
	Ginkgo biloba	2.80 ± 0.23c	0.71 ± 0.04c	0.28 ± 0.03c	0.36 ± 0.03c	0.30 ± 0.03b
Pteridophytes	Nephrolepis auriculata	2.03 ± 0.18e	0.66 ± 0.05d	0.24 ± 0.02d	0.31 ± 0.02d	0.27 ± 0.02c
	Alsophila spinulosa	2.33 ± 0.19d	0.75 ± 0.06b	0.23 ± 0.02d	0.32 ± 0.02d	0.28 ± 0.02c
	Lycopodium squarrosum	2.18 ± 0.19d	0.67 ± 0.05d	0.21 ± 0.02d	0.30 ± 0.03d	0.26 ± 0.03c
Bryophytes	Hylocomium splendens	1.98 ± 0.17e	0.63 ± 0.04e	0.21 ± 0.02d	0.30 ± 0.02d	0.27 ± 0.02c
	Physcomitrella patens	1.89 ± 0.17f	0.69 ± 0.04c	0.24 ± 0.02d	0.29 ± 0.02d	0.24 ± 0.02d
	Marchantia polymorpha	1.83 ± 0.16f	0.60 ± 0.04e	0.22 ± 0.02d	0.27 ± 0.02e	0.22 ± 0.02d

Values are expressed as the means ± SD from three independent biological replicates (n = 3), and values followed by different letters are significantly different at p < 0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range test.