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. 2021 Mar 22;11(4):186. doi: 10.1007/s13205-021-02730-x

Table 2.

Morphometry, water content, and thousand-seed weight of seeds of Tillandsia species (Bromeliaceae) occurring in Bahia, Brazil

Species NSC LEM DIA WC TSW
T. bulbosa 63.00 ± 8.19 e 3.13 ± 0.17 h 0.47 ± 0.06 c 11.98 ± 0.12 d 0.35
T. juncea 117.00 ± 26.21 c 3.10 ± 0.32 h 0.46 ± 0.05 c 13.56 ± 0.10 b 0.41
T. paraensis 118.33 ± 17.95 c 3.63 ± 0.29 g 0.51 ± 0.09 b 14.16 ± 0.08 a 0.51
T. polystachia 155.33 ± 11.02 b 3.93 ± 0.25 f 0.39 ± 0.05 d 13.58 ± 0.12 b 0.42
T. pruinosa 60.00 ± 10.58 e 2.94 ± 0.27 i 0.35 ± 0.04 e 11.31 ± 0.21 e 0.21
T. loliacea 44.33 ± 14.47 f 4.79 ± 0.56 d 0.32 ± 0.07 e 10.35 ± 0.10 f 0.21
T. recurvata 52.33 ± 8.39 e 3.51 ± 0.32 g 0.31 ± 0.06 e 11.18 ± 0.12 e 0.21
T. tricholepis 65.00 ± 10.82 e 4.35 ± 0.34 e 0.32 ± 0.07 e 10.16 ± 0.16 f 0.09
T. streptocarpa 1 82.67 ± 15.01 d 5.63 ± 0.51 a 0.33 ± 0.06 e 13.33 ± 0.10 b 0.42
T. streptocarpa 2 34.33 ± 4.16 f 5.68 ± 0.88 a 0.52 ± 0.07 b 14.58 ± 0.16 a 0.51
T. chapeuensis 24.30 ± 9.00 f 5.36 ± 0.48 b 0.56 ± 0.07 a 12.16 ± 0.21 c 0.12
T. gardneri 71.33 ± 9.02 e 4.36 ± 0.54 e 0.47 ± 0.07 c 14.31 ± 0.18 a 0.54
T. geminiflora 57.33 ± 5.03 e 5.11 ± 0.36 c 0.41 ± 0.06 d 11.86 ± 0.05 d 0.25
T. globosa 53.33 ± 4.16 e 4.70 ± 0.74 d 0.33 ± 0.06 e 12.86 ± 0.08 c 0.35
T. pohliana 202.33 ± 14.64 a 3.87 ± 0.25 f 0.50 ± 0.06 b 13.87 ± 0.11 b 0.45
T. stricta 1 66.67 ± 6.11 e 3.75 ± 0.26 g 0.31 ± 0.06 e 12.13 ± 0.12 c 0.35
T. stricta 2 59.00 ± 10.82 e 3.16 ± 0.36 h 0.30 ± 0.06 e 10.48 ± 0.14 f 0.15
T. stricta subsp. piniformis 30.33 ± 2.52 f 3.63 ± 0.18 g 0.38 ± 0.05 d 12.56 ± 0.09 c 0.37
T. tenuifolia 97.33 ± 13.28 d 3.94 ± 0.28 f 0.41 ± 0.05 d 11.67 ± 0.07 d 0.32
T. tenuifolia var. vaginata 35.67 ± 5.51 f 2.74 ± 0.35 i 0.33 ± 0.07 e 11.26 ± 0.11 e 0.23
CV (%) 10.43 15.63 15.70 11.32

NSC number of seeds per capsule, LEN length of 25 seeds (mm), DIA diameter of 25 seeds (mm), WC water content in recently collected seeds, TSW thousand-seed weight