Fig. 8.

Germination speed index (GSI) of seeds of Tillandsia species (Bromeliaceae) occurring in Bahia, Brazil stored at temperature of − 5 °C or cryopreserved at − 196 °C for 1–450 days. a) T. chapeuensis; b T. gardneri; c T. geminiflora; d T. globose; e T. pohliana; f T. stricta 1; g T. stricta 2; h T. stricta subsp. piniformis; i T. tenuifolia; and j T. tenuifolia var. vaginata. Means followed by the same lowercase letters (temperature) and uppercase letters (time) do not differ by the F test and Tukey test (p < 0.01), respectively