Table 2.
Micromorphological cell characteristics of Fontinalis antipyretica. Legend: X—arithmetic mean; min—minimum; max—maximum value; Sx—arithmetic mean error; CV—coefficient of variation; cell length and width are given in µm; level of significance: * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; *** p ≤ 0.001.
| Leaf Samples | Stem Leaves | Twig Leaves | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| min (X ± Sx) max | Sx % | CV % | min (X ± Sx ) max | Sx % | CV % | ||
| Background | Number of cells/mm2 | 851 (918.5 ± 7.6) 989 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 989 (1153.1 ± 12.5) 1265 | 1.1 | 5.9 |
| Cell length | 75 (95.5 ± 2.5) 132 | 2.6 | 14.6 | 66 (87.2 ± 2.6) 114 | 3 | 16.7 | |
| Cell width | 9 (11.8 ± 0.2) 14 | 1.8 | 10.1 | 5 (8.1 ± 0.2) 11 | 2.4 | 13.9 | |
| Kardzhali | Number of cells/mm2 | 849 (935.9 ± 15.8) 1173 | 1.6 | 8.6 | 1111 (1195.3 ** ± 11.6) 1295 | 0.8 | 4.5 |
| Cell length | 61 (92.5 ± 3.4) 120 | 3.6 | 20 | 62 (86.3 ± 2.3) 111 | 2.6 | 14.4 | |
| Cell width | 9 (11.4 ± 0.2) 14 | 1.5 | 9.1 | 5 (7.5 * ± 0.2) 10 | 2.1 | 12.1 | |
| Studen Kladenets | Number of cells/mm2 | 874 (946.1 ± 14.1) 1127 | 1.4 | 8.1 | 1142 (1204 *** ± 6.2) 1257 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| Cell length | 70 (94.2 ± 2.9) 127 | 3 | 16.7 | 69 (84.9 ± 2.9) 122 | 3.4 | 18.8 | |
| Cell width | 8 (10.8 ** ± 0.26) 14 | 2.4 | 13.2 | 5 (7.3 ** ± 0.2) 11 | 2.3 | 12.5 | |
| Zhrebchevo | Number of cells/mm2 | 851 (952.2 *** ± 6.8) 1012 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 1127 (1227.4 *** ± 12.1) 1357 | 0.9 | 5.4 |
| Cell length | 56 (85.3 ** ± 3.4) 119 | 4 | 22.1 | 61 (80.1 * ± 2.2) 110 | 2.7 | 15 | |
| Cell width | 7 (10.7 ** ± 0.3) 15 | 2.9 | 16.4 | 4 (7.4 ** ± 0.2) 10 | 2.9 | 16.4 | |